# NTSB investigations: Cessna A185F, 2011

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB ANC12CA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC12CA010.md): Cessna A185F · Talkeetna, AK · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Nov 23, 2011 · N121EE · Substantial damage
  > A broken wheel/ski clevis pin, which allowed the ski to pivot upward and strike the right wing lift strut.
- [NTSB WPR12LA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12LA023.md): Cessna 185 · Prineville, OR · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 28, 2011 · N520YH · Substantial damage
  > A total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation, which resulted from the pilot inadvertently leaving the fuel selector set to the left tank. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s deviation from his normal habit pattern and his failure to refer to…
- [NTSB CEN11CA685](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11CA685.md): Cessna A185F · Hays, KS · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Sep 6, 2011 · N550DP · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing, which resulted in a loss of control.
- [NTSB WPR11CA406](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11CA406.md): Cessna A185F · Polson, MT · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Aug 21, 2011 · N61609 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing.
- [NTSB ERA11FA376](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11FA376.md): Cessna A185F · Yabucoa, PR · Accident · 5 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 1, 2011 · N8436Q · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inadequate weather planning and improper decision to continue a visual flight rules flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in an encounter with a thunderstorm and subsequent loss of control.
- [NTSB ANC11CA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC11CA032.md): Cessna A185F · Talkeetna, AK · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · May 17, 2011 · N125KT · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing.
- [NTSB ERA11CA277](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA277.md): Cessna A185F · Ocean City, NJ · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · May 3, 2011 · N6389E · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff roll.
- [NTSB ERA11GA207](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11GA207.md): Cessna A185F · Ashland, ME · Accident · 1 fatal · Final report · Mar 24, 2011 · N724MT · Substantial damage
  > An inadvertent encounter with localized instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in spatial disorientation and a loss of control.
- [NTSB ANC11CA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC11CA018.md): Cessna A185F · Aniak, AK · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Mar 19, 2011 · N5182H · Substantial damage
  > The inadvertent contact with a rut in the snow while taxiing, resulting in the collapse of the right main landing gear.
- [NTSB CEN11CA216](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11CA216.md): Cessna A185F · Belle Chase, LA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Mar 7, 2011 · N434JG · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to ensure that the landing gear was retracted for the water landing.

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE year(c."eventDate") = 2011
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('2072821', '2070107'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=2072821&year=2011

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