- Date
- September 16, 2000, 12:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Burnet, TX
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N34NCCessna 185F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 17, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20000916015659A
- Case key
- 50286
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane while landing. A factor was the crosswind.
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
According to the pilot, he was landing on runway 01 when the airplane encountered a 'crosswind gust,' and subsequently, the airplane swerved to the right, the left wing dipped, the wing-tip contacted the runway surface, and the airplane nosed over. The pilot added that the winds were from 100 degrees at 7 knots, gusting between 10 and 15 knots.
Factual narrative
On September 16, 2000, at 1200 central daylight time, a Cessna 185F tailwheel equipped airplane, N34NC, was substantially damaged while landing on runway 01 at Burnet Municipal Airport, Burnet, Texas. The commercial pilot, who was the registered owner and operator of the airplane, and his passenger sustained minor injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and a flight plan was not filed for the 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The flight originated from TP McCampbell Airport, Ingleside, Texas, at 1024 and was destined for Burnet, Texas.
According to the pilot, he utilized the "proper crosswind landing technique," during the approach to runway 01. As the airplane touched down, it encountered a "crosswind gust," and subsequently, the airplane swerved to the right, the left wing "dipped," the wing-tip contacted the runway surface, and the airplane nosed over. The airplane came to rest inverted on the runway. The pilot added that the winds were from 100 degrees at 7 knots, gusting between 10 and 15 knots.
According to an FAA inspector, who examined the airplane, the top of the vertical stabilizer, rudder, and both main wing spars sustained structural damage. He added that the three propeller blades were curled.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N34NC
- Reported as
- Cessna 185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18503886
- Airframe hours
- 6,810
- Engine
- Continental IO-550-D2B, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Dalton L. Kuder
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 1, 2000 · 13 hours before
- Departed
- T43 · Ingleside, TX
- Destination
- BMQ · TX
- Airport
- BMQ · Burnet Municipal, runway 1, 5,000 × 75 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
- 70
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,000 total · 350 in this make and model · 3,750 as pilot in command · 41 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 6 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 86 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.