- Date
- November 20, 1966
- Place
- Baileys Xroad, VA · BAILEYS XROAD, VA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9851XCessna 185
- Status
- Completed · report May 4, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 119386
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4302 66/11/20 BAILEYS XROAD VA CESSNA 185 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 706 TIME - 1736 N9851X PX- 0 0 1 PARAJUMP-SPORT TOTAL HOURS, 688 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WASHINGTON-VA. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- LEFT BRAKE INOPERATIVE DUE EXCESSIVE USE TO CORRECT FOR RT X-WIND DURING PREVIOUS LNDGS SAME DAY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9851X
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Washington-Va.
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.