# Accident 20220201001369A: Cessna A185F, Gila Bend, AZ, February 1, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 1, 2022, 20:00 local time
- Place: Gila Bend, AZ
- Airport: Gila Bend Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5760° N, 112.4040° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5760&lon=-112.4040&mi=10
- Aircraft: N185DG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N185DG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185F (registry code 2072821, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,383 total, 25 in this make and model, 52 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR22LA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22LA091) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220201001369A

## Narrative

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

PARAPHRASED FROM PILOT'S COMMENTS LETTER. I WAS LEARNING TO FLY A C-185PRIMARILY TO BECOME PROFICIENT IN LANDING TAIL WHEEL AIRCRAFT.  I HAD BEEN UNDERGOING TRAINING FOR 3 WEEKS IN THIS AIRCRAFT WITH AN INSTRUCTOR. I SET UP TO ENTER ON A DOWNWIND AND PLANNED TO MAKE A THREE POINT LANDING WITH 2 NOTCHES OF FLAPS. UPON TRANSITION TO THE LANDING ATTITUDE AND DURING THE FLARE I TOUCHED DOWN ON THE MAIN WHEELS ON CENTERLINE AND HAD A SMALL BOUNCE. THE IP WAS ON THE CONTROLS WITH ME AND CALLED FOR A LITTLE POWER TO PREVENT GETTING SLOW, HELPED ME LEVEL THE ATTITUDE, HELD IT AND THEN WE BEGAN TO FLARE.  TOUCHING DOWN AGAIN SMOOTHLY ON ALL THREE WHEELS WHILE PULLING THE POWER TO IDLE AND THE YOKE BACK. ABOUT THIS TIME AN UNNATURAL RIGHT YAW OCCURRED MOVING THE NOSE ABRUPTLY RIGHT. APPLIED FULL LEFT PEDAL BUT THE WITH NO POSITIVE RESULT. DEPARTED THE RUNWAY HIT A CULVERT, CAME TO A STOP. NO INJURIES.

## 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 WPR22LA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22LA091), Feb 1, 2022: Cessna A185F (N185DG), Gila Bend, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll

## Other reports on N185DG (1)

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

- [Accident 19980616013649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980616013649A), Jun 16, 1998: Cessna A185F (N185DG), Talkeetna, AK, Substantial damage. During landing heard bang. No damage found. On departure right ski seperataed. Swerved. Bothwer wings hit snow. (From .4) during takeoff from a glacier off…

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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