- Date
- September 23, 1988, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Benson, MN
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3815QCessna 185F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880923040159A
- Case key
- 14168
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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 - in flight
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Recovery from bounced landing - improperCause
Compensation for wind conditions - inadequateCause
Dragged wing,rotor,pod,float or tail/skid
Analysis
Witnesses reported that the aircraft bounced twice on the runway before the right wing tip struck the ground on the right side of the runway. The aircraft 'cartwheeled' and came to a rest on it's left side.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3815Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18502203
- Airframe hours
- 713
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lang, Harold
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 26, 1988 · 18 hours before
- Departed
- BZN · Bozeman, MT
- Destination
- BBB · Benson, MN
- Airport
- BBB · Benson, runway 32, 4,000 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 67
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,801 total · 42 in this make and model · 1,801 as pilot in command · 74 in the last 90 days · 22 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AXN, 34 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.