- Date
- June 17, 1982, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Amarillo, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2270TCessna A185E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 17, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820617022819A
- Case key
- 69761
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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 float/wheel equipped aircraft approached a private gravel strip for landing and encountered gusty winds. The aircraft drifted off the runway and the float/wheel dug into the soft dirt and the aircraft nosed over. The pilot reported the winds as approximately 190 degrees at 10 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2270T
- Reported as
- Cessna A185E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1851430
- Airframe hours
- 1,339
- Engine
- Continental IO-520D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Willard A. Innes
- Registered owner
- Willard A. Innes
- Departed
- Amarillo, TX
- Destination
- Amarillo, TX
- Airport
- Farm Strip
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
- 59
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,500 total · 789 in this make and model · 789 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 17 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.