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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna A185F · Leavenworth, KS · June 23, 2024

Date
June 23, 2024 · 09:50 local
Place
Leavenworth, KS
Airport
Sherman Aaf
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N74CF
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN24LA238
Reported as
Cessna A185F
Reported engine
Continental IO-520 series
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
6,500 total1,600 in this make and model200 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Upon touchdown, pilot reported a little bounce on his main tires and corrected by pushing his yoke forward in an attempt to establish solid contact with the runway. Airplane then veered right and the pilot applied left full rudder and left brake. Pilot reported he received no response from the aircraft controls and the aircraft continued to veer right. The left wing impacted the runway as the left main tire separated from the aircraft. As a result of the tire departing the aircraft, the aircraft departed the runway to the right and upon contact with the unpave surface, the aircraft flipped over on it's wings.

As the FAA filed it

UPON TOUCHDOWN, PILOT REPORTED A LITTLE BOUNCE ON HIS MAIN TIRES AND CORRECTED BY PUSHING HIS YOKE FORWARD IN AN ATTEMPT TO ESTABLISH SOLID CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY. AIRPLANE THEN VEERED RIGHT AND THE PILOT APPLIED LEFT FULL RUDDER AND LEFT BRAKE. PILOT REPORTED HE RECEIVED NO RESPONSE FROM THE AIRCRAFT CONTROLS AND THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO VEER RIGHT. THE LEFT WING IMPACTED THE RUNWAY AS THE LEFT MAIN TIRE SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT. AS A RESULT OF THE TIRE DEPARTING THE AIRCRAFT, THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY TO THE RIGHT AND UPON CONTACT WITH THE UNPAVE SURFACE, THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER ON IT'S WINGS.

NTSB investigation

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