- Date
- August 15, 1987, 20:25 local (Aug 16, 1987, 01:25 UTC)
- Place
- San Marcos, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9930XCessna 185
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report June 16, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870815045839A
- Case key
- 22420
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot stated that he landed long and downwind on his private strip. In an attempt to stop he applied heavy braking and at the end of the strip the aircraft nosed over and came to rest on a fence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9930X
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1850130
- Engine
- Continental I0-470-F, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Tom E. Soyars
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 1, 1986
- Departed
- T98 · Rock Springs, TX
- Destination
- San Marcos, TX
- Airport
- Private Ranch Strip, runway 36, 1,800 × ft, grass/turf
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,428 total · 3,428 in this make and model · 3,428 as pilot in command · 32 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 150° at 7 knots, gusting 12
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F
- 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.
Other investigations on N9930X · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.