# Accident 20200715012509A: Cessna A185E, Rochester, IN, July 15, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 15, 2020, 16:40 local time
- Place: Rochester, IN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0656° N, 86.1817° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0656&lon=-86.1817&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2231T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2231T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185E (registry code 2072818, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,110 total, 1,159 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN20CA285](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20CA285) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200715012509A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ON JULY 15, 2020, AT APPROXIMATELY 1630 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 185 AIRCRAFT, N2231T, DEPARTED THE RUNWAY SURFACE AT FULTON COUNTY AIRPORT (RCR), ROCHESTER, INDIANA, FOLLOWING A LOSS OF CONTROL ON LANDING ROLLOUT.  THE PRIVATE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO THE PILOT AND OPERATED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 AS A PERSONAL FLIGHT.  DAYLIGHT VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE FLIGHT, WITH NO FLIGHT PLAN FILED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE BRADFORD COUNTY AIRPORT (N27), TOWANDA, PENNSYLVANIA.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN20CA285](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20CA285), Jul 15, 2020: Cessna A185 (N2231T), Rochester, IN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing resulting in a ground loop.

## Other reports on N2231T (4)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20180623008459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180623008459I), Jun 23, 2018: Cessna A185E (N2231T), Jefferson, ME, Minor damage. On June 23, 2018, N2231T departed millinocket seaplane base (70B), Maine after fueling with 15 gallons of fuel, to darmariscotta lake, Jefferson, Maine. At…
- [Incident 19910426016949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910426016949I), Apr 26, 1991: Cessna A185E (N2231T), Ketchikan, AK, Minor damage. Loud bang from engine on climb. Oil splatter on windshield. Forced landing. Found sheared bolts on crankshaft.
- [Incident 19890626017579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890626017579I), Jun 26, 1989: Cessna A185E (N2231T), Meyers Chuck, AK, Minor damage. Amphibian struck submerged rocks prior to lift off. Aircraft sank due to holes in floats.
- [Accident 19840526061609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840526061609A), May 26, 1984: Cessna A185E (N2231T), Refuge Cove, AK, Substantial damage. Allowed a roll to the right on the step for a water takeoff. The right ring was damaged by striking the water.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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