# Accident 20220705011929A: Cessna A185F, Plymouth, CT, July 5, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 2022, 13:00 local time
- Place: Plymouth, CT
- Airport: Waterbury
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6334° N, 73.0468° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6334&lon=-73.0468&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2423A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2423A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185F (registry code 2072821, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 7,500 total, 216 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA22LA300](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA300) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220705011929A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 5, 2022 N2423A, CE-185 TAILWHEEL AIRCRAFT, DEPARTED N41 WATERBURY GRASS AIRSTRIP ENROUTE TO KWST WESTERLY AIRPORT, SINGLE SOUL ON BOARD.  THE AIRMAN STATED HE CHECKED THE WEATHER ON HIS IPAD PRIOR TO DEPARTURE AND STATED HE SAW SOME GUSTY CONDITIONS IN THE AREA.  THE AIRMAN DEPARTED ON A NORMAL DEPARTURE AND STATED HE FELT A STRONG DOWNDRAFT AND COULD NOT MAINTAIN ALTITUDE.  THE AIRMAN STATED HE ATTEMPTED TO CLIMB BUT WHEN HE NOTICED HE COULD NOT MAINTAIN ALTITUDE HE ATTEMPTED TO STEER IT AWAY FROM THE TREES HOWEVER HE ENDED UP IN THE TOP OF THE CANOPY.  THE PILOT STATED HE HAD NO ENGINE TROUBLES OR ANY OTHER MAINTENANCE ISSUES AND THE ENGINE WAS ACTIVE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PATH DOWNWARD INTO THE TREES.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED NOSE DOWN AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE WITH SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT AILERON, WING AND THE RIGHT FUEL TANK WAS FOUND LEAKING.  THE TAIL WAS WRAPPED AROUND A TREE WITH SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE VERTICAL STABILATOR.  THE PROPELLOR WAS DAMAGED WITH EVIDENCE OF ACTIVE SPINNING AS IT CAME THROUGH THE TREES.  THE AIRMAN STATED HE SHUT DOWN THE AIRCRAFTS AVIONICS, BATTERY, MAGNETOS AND FUEL SHUT OFF AND SELF EGRESSED. WHEN HE NOTICED THE LEAKING FUEL IN THE RIGHT WING, HE STATED HE PUSHED A TWIG INTO THE VENT TUBE TO PREVENT EXCESSIVE FUEL FROM LEAKING.  THE AIRMAN SELF EGRESSED FROM THE FOREST AND WAS MET BY EMERGENCY CREWS.  AIRMAN SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES TO THE HEAD AND THE RIGHT ARM AND WAS TRANSPORTED FOR PRECAUTIONARY CARE TO WATERBURY HOSPITAL.

## 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 ERA22LA300](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA300), Jul 5, 2022: Cessna A185F (N2423A), Plymouth, CT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s encounter with known and forecast adverse weather which resulted in a collision with trees during the initial climb.

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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