# NTSB MIA84LA031: Cessna 185, N7318H, Gainesville, FL, November 17, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 17, 1983, 08:59 local (13:59 UTC)
- Place: Gainesville, FL
- Coordinates: 29.650573, -82.420097 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6506&lon=-82.4201&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31063
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA84LA031
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31063/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84LA031

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - not corrected, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE ACFT NOSED OVER DURING LANDING WHILE ON AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLT. THE INSTRUCTOR PLT WAS DEMONSTRATING A TOUCH AND GO LANDING AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE LANDING WAS MADE ON RWY 28 WITH THE WIND FROM 340 DEGREES AT 7 KTS. THE INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT DURING LANDING ROLLOUT THE ACFT TURNED INTO THE WIND, THE LEFT WING HIT THE RWY AND THE ACFT NOSE OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7318H](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7318H), registered now, S/N 18503359, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 185
- Registry model: [Cessna A185F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (registry code 2072821) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18503359
- Airframe hours: 1202
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-D 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Vincent P. Gallagher
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, November 2, 1983, 1 hours before
- Airport: GNV, Gainesville Regional Aprt, runway 28, 6,503 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine sea, multi-engine sea, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: right; flight hours: 969 total, 64 in this make and model, 729 as pilot in command, 14 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 340° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 46 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Observed at: GNV

## 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 19831117071669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831117071669A), Nov 17, 1983: Cessna A185F, Gainesville, FL, Substantial damage. Aircraft ground looped and flipped over shortly after touchdown. Moderate crosswind a contributing factor.

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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