- Date
- August 22, 1989, 19:17 local (Aug 23, 1989, 02:17 UTC)
- Place
- Fresno, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1562HCessna 185F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890822031129A
- Case key
- 26484
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain directional control of the aircraft.
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 pilot landed his Cessna 185F on the active runway and due to other landing traffic attempted to exit the runway on a high speed taxiway. The pilot applied the aircraft's brakes, but the left brake was not effective causing the aircraft to ground loop. The pilot stated that the left brake malfunctioned. An FAA airworthiness inspector inspected and tested the left brake and found no evidence of a brake failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1562H
- Reported as
- Cessna 185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18503308
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Wills, Ted C.
- Departed
- RNO · Reno, NV
- Airport
- FAT · Fresno Air Terminal, runway 29, 9,222 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 2,000 total · 1,200 in this make and model · 2,000 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Observed at
- FAT
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.