# Incident 20230423018239I: Commonwealth 185, Columbus, GA, April 23, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 23, 2023, 15:15 local time
- Place: Columbus, GA
- Airport: Columbus Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5163° N, 84.9389° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COLUMBUS (CSG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5163&lon=-84.9389&mi=10
- Aircraft: N93253, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N93253) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Commonwealth 185 (registry code 2370608, https://openairdocs.org/model/commonwealth-185) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: COMMONWEALTH 185
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR C85 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,319 total, 31 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230423018239I

## Narrative

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

ON TAKE OFF THE PILOT STATES THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO DRIFT LEFT AND WENT HE CUT POWER THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY STRIKING A SIGN WITH THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR. HE STATES IT WAS VERY LITTLE OR NO CROSSWIND COMPONENT.

## Other reports on N93253 (1)

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

- [Incident 19790616017029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790616017029I), Jun 16, 1979: Comwth REWN185 (N93253), Nashua, NH, Minor damage. Aircraft damaged in a hard landing. Damage confined to an old weld that was partially cracked.

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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