- Date
- April 29, 1988, 19:30 local (Apr 30, 1988, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Erie, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8389QCessna 185F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 13, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880429012329A
- Case key
- 17469
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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 commercial plt was practicing touch and go landings during a local flight. During landing roll on the last landing, the pilot reached down to retract landing flaps and opened the cowl flaps. He then became aware that the aircraft was turning right. Left rudder and braking did not correct the turn. The aircraft departed the right side of the runway and entered soft uneven terrain. The left main gear collapsed and the aircraft nosed down.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8389Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18503678
- Airframe hours
- 431
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Galloway, Daryl R.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 1, 1988 · 39 hours before
- Departed
- 48V
- Airport
- 48V · Tri-County, runway 33, 5,400 × 65 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
- 48
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane, Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,380 total · 132 in this make and model · 1,215 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 100 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
- Observed at
- BJC
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N8389Q · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.