- Date
- August 1, 1983, 09:20 local (13:20 UTC)
- Place
- Elyria, OH
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N70498Cessna 185
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830801037399A
- Case key
- 12286
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Weather condition - tailwindFactor
Wrong runway - selectedFactor
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Compensation for wind conditions - improperCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertentFactor
Nose gear collapsed
Landing gear,nose gear - overloadFactor
Analysis
During arrival, the plt could not contact anyone at the destination arpt UNICOM, so he elected to land on rwy 7. The wind at that time was from 190 deg at 11 knots. On the landing roll, the acft reportedly fishtailed. Subsequently, the left main gear collapsed. A wind direction indicator & a landing direction indicator were installed at the arpt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N70498
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18502194
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Heman Roberts
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- OSH · Oshkosh, WI
- Airport
- 1G1 · Elyria, runway 7, 3,060 × 120 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 292 total · 227 in this make and model · 232 as pilot in command · 61 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,800 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CLE, 12 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.