- Date
- February 26, 1985, 11:38 local (17:38 UTC)
- Place
- College Station, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1868ZCessna 205
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850226006029A
- Case key
- 21681
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft veered to the right on touchdown. The plt was unable to regain control before the acft departed the right side of the rwy and nosed over when it entered the soft terrain. No evidence of a nose gear failure was found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1868Z
- Reported as
- Cessna 205
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2050068
- Airframe hours
- 3,603
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-S, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Edwin B. Hassler, Jr
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 9, 1985
- Departed
- ADD · Addison, TX
- Destination
- CLL
- Airport
- CLL · Easterwood, runway 16, 5,149 × 150 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 807 total · 655 in this make and model · 725 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CLL
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 N1868Z · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.