# NTSB FTW85LA128: Cessna 205, N1868Z, College Station, TX, February 26, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 26, 1985, 11:38 local (17:38 UTC)
- Place: College Station, TX
- Location: 30.5880° N, 96.3625° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EASTERWOOD FLD (CLL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5880&lon=-96.3625&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 21681
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW85LA128
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21681/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85LA128

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,steering system - undetermined (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1868Z), registered now, S/N 205-0068, built 1962 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 205
- Registry model: [Cessna 210-5](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210-5) (registry code 2073404) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-470-series) (registry code 17044, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 2050068
- Airframe hours: 3603
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 45; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850226006029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850226006029A), Feb 26, 1985: Cessna 2105, College Station, TX, Substantial damage. Aircraft veered after touchdown. Departed side of the runway and flipped over in mud. No mechanical malfunctions.

## Other investigations on N1868Z (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW77DPG16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW77DPG16), Jan 2, 1977: Cessna 205 (N1868Z), Fayetteville, AR, substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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