- Date
- June 13, 1990, 15:50 local (21:50 UTC)
- Place
- Erie, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8389QCessna A185F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900613020079A
- Case key
- 17951
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot receiving instruction to choose suitable terrain for the landing. Contributing to the accident was the cfi's inadequate supervision.
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 atp-rated check pilot-in-command was evaluating a commercial pilot for aircraft rental and insurance purposes. Both pilots were well experienced in the airplane. The commercial pilot landed the airplane on grass between the runway and taxiway. During the rollout, the left main landing gear struck a large rock and separated from the airplane. The left wing and propeller struck the ground, and the airplane slid 300 feet before turning 90 degrees to the left and coming to a halt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8389Q
- Reported as
- Cessna A185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18503678
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Galloway, Daryl, Benton
- Departed
- 2V2 · Longmont, CO
- Airport
- 48V · Tri-County, runway 15, 5,400 × 65 ft, grass/turf
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
- 42
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 4,900 total · 500 in this make and model · 4,200 as pilot in command · 105 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 90 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
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.