# NTSB CHI84LA056: Cessna A185F, N7560H, Bad Axe, MI, December 12, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 12, 1983, 13:05 local (18:05 UTC)
- Place: Bad Axe, MI
- Coordinates: 43.799526, -82.990005 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.7995&lon=-82.9900&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12502
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI84LA056
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12502/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA056

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - not possible, pilot in command
  - directional control - not possible, pilot in command
  - ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled, pilot in command
- Main gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,main gear - overload

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7560H), registered now, S/N 18503396, built 1977 (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: 18503396
- Airframe hours: 964
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 35; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19831212064749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831212064749A), Dec 12, 1983: Cessna A185F, Bad Axe, MI, Substantial damage. Aircraft ground looped causing left gear to collapse. Pilot attempted landing in marginal cross wind conditions.

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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