- Date
- December 7, 1988, 14:52 local (20:52 UTC)
- Place
- San Antonio, TX
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7392HCessna A185H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881207053139A
- Case key
- 22820
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction
Landing gear,normal brake system - failure,totalCause
Loss of control - on ground/water
Directional control - not possible
Analysis
During the landing roll, the left wheel brake cylinder failed and the airplane groundlooped. The plt did not file an accident report.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7392H
- Reported as
- Cessna A185H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18503387
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Killian, John
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 6R6 · Dryden, TX
- Destination
- SAT
- Airport
- SAT · International, runway 12, 5,437 × 100 ft, asphalt
N7392HRegistration cancelled Nov 17, 2014 · Cessna A185FAirframe modelCessna A185FEngine modelContinental IO-520 series
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
- 53
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,900 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SAT
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.