# NTSB FTW86LA077: Cessna A185F, N102PM, Georgetown, TX, May 4, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 4, 1986, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place: Georgetown, TX
- Coordinates: 30.640352, -97.679939 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.6404&lon=-97.6799&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 22019
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW86LA077
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/22019/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW86LA077

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - remedial action - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE PILOT FAILED TO CORRECT FOR A WING WHICH WAS LIFTED IN A GUST OF WIND. THE WINGTIP TOUCHED THE GROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER ONTO IT'S BACK AND STOPPED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N102PM](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N102PM-1988-05-17), registration cancelled 1988-05-17, S/N 18503782 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- Registry model: [Cessna A185F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (registry code 2072821) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18503782
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-D 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Danlaur Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Departed: TO4, GEORGETOWN, TX
- Airport: T04, Georgetown Muni, runway 18, 4,100 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 22; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 1,800 total, 30 in this make and model, 1,800 as pilot in command, 90 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: variable at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 70 °F

## 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 19860504017689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860504017689A), May 4, 1986: Cessna A185F, Georgetown, TX, Substantial damage. During rollout, wing lifted and the other wing touched the ground. Aircraft flipped over.

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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