- Date
- June 13, 1992, 13:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Durango, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9823XCessna 185
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920613019979A
- Case key
- 18214
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Probable cause
Improper use of brakes. Factors were: poorly planned approach and excessive landing speed.
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 approach was made to the south with 20 degrees flap deployed. The airplane was high and full flaps were extended. The airplane touched down on its main wheels at an excessive rate of speed. The pilot applied brakes, the main wheels locked, and the airplane nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9823X
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1850023
- Airframe hours
- 2,180
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-F, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Heath, Jack L.
- Registered owner
- Heath, Jack L.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 1, 1991 · 46 hours before
- Departed
- 5V9 · Arboles, CO
- Destination
- CD82
- Airport
- CD82 · Val Air Gliderport, runway 17, 3,000 × 125 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
- 61
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 851 total · 400 in this make and model · 1 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DRO, 14 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.
Other investigations on N9823X · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.