# NTSB CEN22LA172: Cessna A185F, N1040F, Evansville, IN, April 8, 2022

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: April 8, 2022, 14:25 local (19:25 UTC)
- Place: Evansville, IN
- Coordinates: 38.040806, -87.5285 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0408&lon=-87.5285&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- 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
- NTSB case key (mKey): 104930
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN22LA172
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/104930/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=104930
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA172

## Probable cause

The pilot did not maintain directional control during the landing roll resulting in a ground loop.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna A185F, 56 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=2072821), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md)
- [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna A185F, 71 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2072821), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna A185F, 75 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2072821), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1040F), registered now, S/N 18502697, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- Registry model: [Cessna A185F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (registry code 2072821) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18502697
- Year built: 1975
- Airframe hours: 5406
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 45; injuries: none; 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 $

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20220408005189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220408005189A), Apr 8, 2022: Cessna A185F, Evansville, IN, Substantial damage. On April 8, 2022, at 1925Z, a Cessna 180 (N1040F) landed on runway 27 at the Evansville Regional Airport (evv) after a day cross country flight in visual…

## Docket (2 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 1, 2022, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=104930. 2.8 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 8 pages, 2.7 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=13691272&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Photo of damaged left wing (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 119 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=13690895&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photo%20of%20Damaged%20Left%20Wing-Rel.pdf

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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