# NTSB MIA88LA050: Cessna A185F, N60925, Naples, FL, December 2, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 2, 1987, 09:05 local (14:05 UTC)
- Place: Naples, FL
- Location: 26.1505° N, 81.7953° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Naples, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1505&lon=-81.7953&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 24, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 32101
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA88LA050
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/32101/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88LA050

## Sequence of events

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

- Undershoot, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - proper glidepath - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment (contributing factor)
- Main gear collapsed, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - landing gear,main gear - overload (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED THAT THE FLT WAS LOW AND SLOW ON FINAL APCH. AS A RESULT THE MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLIDED WITH A DIRT BANK LOCATED SHORT OF THE RWY. THE GEAR THEN COLLAPSED AND THE ACFT SLID TO A STOP.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N60925](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N60925-1989-05-17), registration cancelled 1989-05-17, S/N 18504075 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- Registry model: [Cessna A185F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (registry code 2072821) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18504075
- Airframe hours: 1140
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520D 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Gluhareff, Alexander M.
- Registered owner: E. Dean Jr./A. Gluhareff M
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, November 19, 1987, 4 hours before
- Departed: NONE, PINE ISLAND, FL
- Airport: NONE, Harvey Brothers Farm, runway 36, 1,350 ×  ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 47; private; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, multi-engine land, single-engine land, multi-engine sea; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 3,000 total, 220 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 30° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 12,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 57 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: FMY, 27 nm away

## 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 19871202081859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871202081859A), Dec 2, 1987: Cessna A185F, Naples, FL, Substantial damage. Came in too low and slow for landing on the Private strip and crash landed short when aircraft hit a dirt bank.

## Other investigations on N60925 (1)

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.

- [NTSB MIA84LA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84LA011), Oct 19, 1983: Cessna 185 (N60925), Key West, FL, substantial damage

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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