- Date
- April 29, 2002, 17:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Cumberland, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N8081ECessna 185F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 13, 2003
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20020429011239A
- Case key
- 54673
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
Probable cause
the failure of the pilot to maintain directional control after encountering high winds and gusty winds during taxi from 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
The pilot said that while taxing after landing a gust of wind lifted the right wing off the ground catching the left wing tip and stabilizer. The pilot reported winds of 20 knots with gusts to 25 knots. The pilot stated he "suspect this caused incident".
Factual narrative
On April 29, 2002, at 1715 central daylight time (cdt), a Cessna 185F, N8081E, struck the left wingtip after landing at Cumberland Municipal Airport, Cumberland, Wisconsin. The pilot, the sole occupant was not injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and the flight was not on a flight plan. The flight had departed Boyceville, Wisconsin at 1645 cdt.
The pilot reported that after landing "while taxing to turn off gust of wind lifted right wing off ground forcing aircraft to turn right, catching left wing tip, and stabilizer...on downwind studied wind sock. Appeared to have winds of approximately 280 var 300 at 20 kts. However, after incident studied wind sock for several minutes. Saw rotation of approximately 30 degrees (sp) to 330 degrees (sp) with gusts possibly over 25 kts. Suspect this caused incident."
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8081E
- Reported as
- Cessna 185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 185-02329
- Airframe hours
- 2,700
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 3T3 · Boyceville, WI
- Destination
- UBE · Cumberland, WI
- Airport
- UBE · Cumberland Municipal, runway 27, 4,050 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 56
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Flight engineer, Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Last flight review
- February 15, 2002
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 19,000 total · 53 in this make and model · 18,500 as pilot in command · 250 in the last 90 days · 75 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 20 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 52 °F
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 3, 2003, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 417 KB 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.