- Date
- December 12, 1983, 13:05 local (18:05 UTC)
- Place
- Bad Axe, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7560HCessna A185F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831212064749A
- Case key
- 12502
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During arrival, the plt was advised by the UNICOM operator that rwy 21 was the active rwy. Soon after landing, a passenger boarded the acft & the plt took off again. He proceeded to make a pattern around the arpt & initiated another landing on rwy 21. The wind was from 290 deg at 16 gusting 20 KTS. While landing with a x-wind, the plt lost directional control, the acft entered a ground loop & the left main gear failed. The arpt had 2 turf rwys, rwy 9/27 which was 1810 ft long & rwy 15/33 which was 2000 ft long.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7560H
- Reported as
- Cessna A185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18503396
- Airframe hours
- 964
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Hal E. Mullett
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 6, 1983 · 89 hours before
- Airport
- 76D · Huron Co. Memorial, runway 21, 3,500 × 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
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 761 total · 374 in this make and model · 712 as pilot in command · 92 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 16 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,500 ft overcast
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- 76D
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.