- Date
- August 22, 1987, 20:20 local (Aug 23, 1987, 00:20 UTC)
- Place
- Mt Airy, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3463YCessna A185F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870822047259A
- Case key
- 7502
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
After Cessna 185, N3462Y, entered the traffic pattern for rwy 18, the UNICOM operator warned the plt of another acft in the pattern. The other acft was a Mooney mite, N4129. The Cessna plt contd his apch, but didn't see the Mooney mite until after the Cessna touched down. When the Cessna plt lowered his nose in a wheel lndg, he saw the other acft coming from the opposite drctn. The Mooney mite plt said he was on the 1st 1/3 of rwy 36 when he saw the Cessna on the 1st 1/3 of rwy 18. Both plts steered to the right. As the Cessna went off the rwy, the plt was applying full brakes. He said the acft 'mired down in the grass' & flipped over. The Mooney mite did not have an electrical system (no radio or lgts).the sun had just set & the rwy lgts were on. According to the Mooney mite plt, there was still 'good light' & the visibility was good. The Cessna plt rprtd the wind was calm.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3463Y
- Reported as
- Cessna A185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18502885
- Airframe hours
- 880
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Solid State Inovations, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 7, 1987 · 35 hours before
- Departed
- FAY · Fayetteville, NC
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- MWK · Mount Airy-Surry County, runway 18, 3,500 × 75 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,017 total · 23 in this make and model · 25 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 210° at 8 knots, gusting 8
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 86 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- INT, 36 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.