- Date
- August 17, 1988, 09:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Medicine Bow, WY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2450JCessna A185F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 3, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880817033899A
- Case key
- 17528
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pvt plt returned to his ranch strip & landed to the ene with a x-wind from the right. Drg the lndg roll, the acft began to go to the right. The plt corrected with left pedal, but subsequently, the acft ground looped to the left & nosed over. An exam of the acft failed to reveal any pre-acdnt failure or deficiency. The plt rprtd the wind was from the south at 15 to 20 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2450J
- Reported as
- Cessna A185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18504390
- Airframe hours
- 1,170
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 1, 1988 · 70 hours before
- Departed
- CPR · Casper, WY
- Destination
- NONE
- Airport
- NONE · Sullivan Ranch, runway 7, 5,200 × ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,290 total · 520 in this make and model · 25 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
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