- Date
- February 6, 1983, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Jackson, MI
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N61434Cessna 185
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830206008429A
- Case key
- 12081
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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 tailwheel acft veered during landing on rwy 5 & the left landing gear collapsed. The wind was 110 degrees 6 KTS. The pilot states he had a flat tire. The local controller who observed the landing reported seeing the acft swerve to the right. An FAA mechanic inspected the left gear and found no evidence to indicate any preimpact failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N61434
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Airframe hours
- 81
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Roger Walch
- Registered owner
- Marilyns Country Bargains
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 25, 1983
- Departed
- Addison, MI
- Airport
- JXN · Jackson, runway 5, 5,344 × 150 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
- 42
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,986 total · 157 in this make and model · 2,924 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 6 knots, gusting 6
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 27 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JXN
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.