# Accident 20240623012069A: Cessna A185F, Leavenworth, KS, June 23, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 23, 2024, 09:50 local time
- Place: Leavenworth, KS
- Airport: Sherman Aaf
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.3675° N, 94.9143° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3675&lon=-94.9143&mi=10
- Aircraft: N74CF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N74CF) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 6,500 total, 1,600 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN24LA238](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA238) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240623012069A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 CEN24LA238](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA238), Jun 23, 2024: Cessna A185F (N74CF), Fort Leavenworth, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control after landing.

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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