- Date
- August 14, 1989, 13:29 local (18:29 UTC)
- Place
- Myrtle Grove, FL
- Injuries
- 3 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N95KWCessna A185E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 26, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890814029309A
- Case key
- 7914
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Probable cause
The pilot in command inadvertently stalled the aircraft during a balked landing.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
A normal approach was made to runway 36. The flaps were fully extended & full nose up trim was applied per the owner's handbook. The wind was from the east at 3-8 KTS. Thick scrub trees bordered the east side of the runway. A three point landing was planned & touchdown occurred on the tail & right main wheel. The right wing came up as the left wheel touched & the pilot initiated a balked landing. He & his wife, also a private pilot, said the nose pitched up abruptly, & a departure stall to the right was encountered. Both believed that the pilot's seat slid rearward. Post impact fire destroyed the seat rails. Exam of the wreckage showed that the front seats appeared to be in the same relative position.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N95KW
- Reported as
- Cessna A185E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 185-1094
- Airframe hours
- 4,464
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James M. Cassoutt
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 20, 1988 · 39 hours before
- Departed
- 83J
- Airport
- 83J · Coastal, runway 36, 2,510 × 230 ft, grass/turf
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
- 47
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 149 total · 57 in this make and model · 109 as pilot in command · 27 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PNS, 7 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.