20200801013279A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna A185F · Susanville, CA · August 1, 2020

Date
August 1, 2020 · 12:00 local
Place
Susanville, CA
Airport
Spalding Airport
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Rotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N60934
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR20CA275
Reported as
Cessna A185F
Reported engine
Continental IO-520 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
9,889 total3,011 in this make and model66 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

08/01/2020 Approximately 12:00AM , N60934 departed rwy 16 with a 90-degree 15-20 knot crosswind. At rotation, the aircraft weathervaned and continued the takeoff, striking the ground w/ right landing gear. Pilot did a low pass down the runway with a ground observer, who said the gear looked okay. Upon landing, the right landing gear departed the aircraft at touchdown, causing the aircraft?s right wing and propeller to impact the ground, the aircraft continued to slid down the runway on the ground until it slid off the runway and into the dirt on the left side of the runway where it came to rest on it's right wing and tail wheel.

As the FAA filed it

08/01/2020 APPROXIMATELY 12:00AM , N60934 DEPARTED RWY 16 WITH A 90-DEGREE 15-20 KNOT CROSSWIND. AT ROTATION, THE AIRCRAFT WEATHERVANED AND CONTINUED THE TAKEOFF, STRIKING THE GROUND W/ RIGHT LANDING GEAR. PILOT DID A LOW PASS DOWN THE RUNWAY WITH A GROUND OBSERVER, WHO SAID THE GEAR LOOKED OKAY. UPON LANDING, THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT AT TOUCHDOWN, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT?S RIGHT WING AND PROPELLER TO IMPACT THE GROUND, THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO SLID DOWN THE RUNWAY ON THE GROUND UNTIL IT SLID OFF THE RUNWAY AND INTO THE DIRT ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY WHERE IT CAME TO REST ON IT'S RIGHT WING AND TAIL WHEEL.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.