- Date
- April 8, 2022, 14:25 local (19:25 UTC)
- Place
- Evansville, IN
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1040FCessna A185F
- Defining event
- Landing: Loss of control on ground
- 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
- Flight Standards District Office
- FAA report
- 20220408005189A
- Case key
- 104930
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 pilot did not maintain directional control during the landing roll resulting in a ground loop.
Findings · 2
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 as the airplane slowed down during the landing roll, he was unable to maintain directional control and the airplane ground looped to the right and the left wing struck the runway. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left outboard wing. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation and that the accident may have been prevented if he had applied more left braking action.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1040F
- Reported as
- Cessna A185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18502697
- Built
- 1975
- Airframe hours
- 5,406
- Engine
- Cont Motor IO 550-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Aero Middleton LLC
- Registered owner
- Aero Middleton LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 2, 2022
- Departed
- ROG · Rogers, AR
- Destination
- EVV · Evansville, IN
- Airport
- EVV · Evansville Regional Airport, runway 27, 3,497 × 75 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Electronic primary flight display, Electronic multifunction display, Auto-pilot, ADS-B, Onboard weather
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
- 45
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- January 24, 2022
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 139 total · 63 in this make and model · 38 as pilot in command · 79 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 12 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.79 inHg
- Observed at
- KEVV
- METAR
- KEVV 081854Z 31012G18KT 10SM SCT040 SCT055 BKN065 07/M01 A2979 RMK AO2 PK WND 31028/1810 RAB16E32 SLP089 P0000 T00721006 $
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 1, 2022, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.8 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.