- Date
- July 5, 2021, 15:10 local (20:10 UTC)
- Place
- Blanco, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1393FCessna A185F
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20210705012659A
- Case key
- 103477
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The unexpected change in wind speed and direction during the landing which resulted a runway overrun.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that, before landing he observed a windmill located near the airstrip that was not rotating After landing long to avoid standing water, he felt as if the airplane began to accelerate. Unable to stop, the airplane continued off the end of the runway, through a fence, off an embankment, and onto a road. The pilot stated that upon exiting the airplane, he noticed about a 10-15 knot tailwind. A postaccident examination of the airplane revealed substantial damage to the gear box. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or anomalies that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1393F
- Reported as
- Cessna A185F (NO SERIES)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18502840
- Built
- 1975
- Airframe hours
- 1,620
- Engine
- Continental IO520D115B, 300 hp, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 25, 2021 · 311 hours before
- Departed
- KRKP · Rockport, TX
- Destination
- PVT · Blanco, TX
- Airport
- PVT · Private, runway 17, 2,000 × 100 ft, grass/turf
- Equipment
- Stall warning system, ADS-B, Auto-pilot, Electronic primary flight display
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
- 72
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial, Flight engineer, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Waiver time limited special
- Last flight review
- July 11, 2020
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 28,689 total · 374 in this make and model · 7,860 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.93 inHg
- Observed at
- KD2B
- METAR
- KD2B 051955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM VCTS BKN030 OVC035 29/23 A2993 RMK A02 LGT DSNT SE
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 31, 2021, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 5.0 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.