- Date
- June 24, 1989, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Marksville, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5486RCessna A185F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 5, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890624017599A
- Case key
- 22885
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain directional control during the landing roll, which resulted in an inadvertent ground loop and a subsequent nose over.
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.
Analysis
The plt stated that drg the landing, the acft started drifting to the right & he applied left brake without getting a response. Subsequently, the acft ground looped to the right, the left main gear collapsed & the acft nosed over. An exam revealed the left brake line had failed, but the failure appeared to be from overstress which occurred drg the gear collapse.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5486R
- Reported as
- Cessna A185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18503039
- Airframe hours
- 2,725
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Morris, Ivan Jr.
- Registered owner
- Morris, Ivan J
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 10, 1988 · 343 hours before
- Departed
- 26LA · Winnsboro, LA
- Destination
- NONE
- Airport
- NONE · Pvt Strip
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
- 51
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,900 total · 150 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.