- Date
- July 21, 1992, 15:40 local (19:40 UTC)
- Place
- Maxton, NC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1823RCessna A185F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920721026639A
- Case key
- 8632
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind condition and the pilot-in-command's inadequate supervision of the pilot in training.
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
The purpose of the flight was to allow one pilot to attain proficiency in the tail wheel equipped airplane. He had completed about 3.5 hours in the airplane. One runway was closed so, rwy 5-23 was being used. Prior to departure, the wind sock at the rwy end indicated that the winds were from 090 at 8 KTS. The terminal wind sock showed winds from 140. This was a common occurrence, according to the PIC. During the flight, the practicing pilot commented that the cross wind was increasing. On the final landing the airplane veered right, off of the runway, & collapsed the left main gear. The pilot said that afterwards the wind was noted to be about 190-200 degrees at about 18 KTS. Witnesses commented to the pilot that the winds were gusty at the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1823R
- Reported as
- Cessna A185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18502538
- Airframe hours
- 2,915
- Engine
- Continental IO-520D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Cunningham, Michael K
- Registered owner
- Cunningham, Donald S.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 5, 1992 · 50 hours before
- Airport
- MEB · Laurinburg-Maxton, runway 5, 6,489 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 6,800 total · 1,000 in this make and model · 2,500 as pilot in command · 195 in the last 90 days · 70 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 18 knots, gusting 12
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FAY, 30 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.