- Date
- November 12, 1983, 11:04 local (18:04 UTC)
- Place
- El Paso, TX
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N70083Cessna A185E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831112057119A
- Case key
- 21203
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft groundlooped during landing on an instructional flt. The landing was on rwy 22 and the wind was from 270 degrees at 9 KTS. After touchdown directional control was lost and the acft veered to the right collapsing the left mainlanding gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N70083
- Reported as
- Cessna A185E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 185-01950
- Airframe hours
- 2,418
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Moody Bible Institute
- Registered owner
- Moody Bible Institute
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 10, 1983 · 57 hours before
- Departed
- TUS · Tucson, AZ
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- ELP · El Paso Intl., runway 22, 11,012 × 150 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
- 29
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 3,877 total · 195 in this make and model · 3,588 as pilot in command · 197 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 36 °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.
Other investigations on N70083 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.