# Accident 20240819011129A: Cessna A185F, Fort Collins, CO, August 19, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 2024, 20:37 local time
- Place: Fort Collins, CO
- Airport: Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4530° N, 105.0111° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4530&lon=-105.0111&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4490R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4490R-2024-09-16) (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: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 25,000 total, 373 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN24LA321](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA321) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240819011129A

## Narrative

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

ON 08/19/2024 AT APPROXIMATELY (6:37 PM) HRS (MDT) LOCATION NORTHERN COLORADO REGIONAL AIRPORT., (KFNL) CESSNA 185 ON LANDING RWY 06 BOUNCED AND WENT OFF RUNWAY CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. TWO PERSONS ON BOARD, NO INJURES, VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (VMC) EXISTED DURING TIME OF EVENT.

## 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 CEN24LA321](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA321), Aug 20, 2024: Cessna A185 (N4490R), Loveland, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing, that resulted in a ground loop and a runway excursion. Contributing to the accident was the flight instructor’s delayed…

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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