- Date
- November 7, 1981
- Place
- Prescott, AZ · PRESCOTT, AZ
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3308SCessna A185F
- Status
- Completed · report February 8, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811107072289A
- Case key
- 123064
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3266 81/11/7 PRESCOTT,AZ CESSNA A185F CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0908 N3308S PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 50, 11481 TOTAL HOURS, 78 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LOVE FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PRESCOTT,AZ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3308S
- Reported as
- Cessna A185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Love Field
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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 N3308S · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ANC25LA057Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportTrapper Creek, AKThe pilot’s improper flare while landing on glassy water, which resulted in a hard landing.NTSB ANC06CA008Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportSkwentna, AKThe pilot's selection of an unsuitable taxi area, which resulted in an encounter with a hidden obstruction, and an on-ground collision with trees while taxiing to takeoff. Factors associated with the accident were trees and a hidden obstruction.