# NTSB FTW87LA201: Cessna 185, N9930X, San Marcos, TX, August 16, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 15, 1987, 20:25 local (Aug 16, 1987, 01:25 UTC)
- Place: San Marcos, TX
- Location: 29.8833° N, 97.9414° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Marcos, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8833&lon=-97.9414&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 16, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 22420
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW87LA201
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/22420/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW87LA201

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper touchdown point - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - brakes(normal) - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - object - fence

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9930X), registered now, S/N 1850130, built 1961 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 185
- Registry model: [Cessna 185](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-185) (registry code 2072802) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1850130
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870815045839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870815045839A), Aug 15, 1987: Cessna 185, San Marcos, TX, Substantial damage. Landed long and downwind. Used heavy braking but ran off end of runway. Aircraft nosed over inverted on a fence.

## Other investigations on N9930X (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 MIA69D0088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA69D0088), May 31, 1968: Cessna 185 (N9930X), Moncks Corner, SC, 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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