# NTSB MIA98LA255: Cessna A185F, N1236F, Elizabethton, TN, September 30, 1998 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: September 30, 1998, 13:00 local (17:00 UTC) - Place: Elizabethton, TN - Coordinates: 36.329689, -82.229331 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3297&lon=-82.2293&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report March 30, 2000 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 44055 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA98LA255 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/44055/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98LA255 ## Probable cause The failure of the pilot to maintain directional control during the landing roll. ## Analysis The pilot performed a go-around from the first wheel landing after the airplane bounced. He then reentered the traffic pattern to land on runway 24. The wind was from 280 degrees at 5 knots. The airplane was landed in a three-point attitude and began to veer to the right. He applied full left rudder and power but the left wing of the airplane contacted the runway. The pilot reduced power but the airplane departed the right side of the runway and nosed over coming to rest inverted on grass. He further stated that there was no flight control or engine failure or malfunction. ## Factual narrative On September 30, 1998, about 1300 eastern daylight time, a Cessna A185F, N1236F, registered to Moody Bible Institute of Chicago, dba Moody Aviation, nosed over on landing at the Elizabethton Municipal Airport, Elizabethton, Tennessee. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed for the 14 CFR Part 91 instructional flight. The airplane was substantially damaged and the private-rated pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured. The flight originated about 15 minutes earlier. The pilot stated that after takeoff the flight remained in the traffic pattern for runway 24, and with the wind from 280 degrees at 5 knots, he performed a go-around after the first wheel landing because the airplane bounced. He reentered the pattern and after a three-point touchdown with full flaps, the airplane began to veer to the right. He applied full left rudder and power to go around, but the left wing contacted the runway. The airplane then nosed over but not before he reduced the throttle to idle. The airplane came to rest inverted on grass off the right side of the runway. He further stated that there was no flight control or powerplant malfunction. His total number of solo and dual landings in the make and model airplane was 15 and 119, respectively. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Nose over, landing - roll - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) ## Aircraft - Registration: [N1236F](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1236F), registered now, S/N 18502796 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna A185F - 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: 185-02796 - Airframe hours: 6644 - Engines: Continental IO-520-D 300 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Registered owner: Moody Bible Inst. Of Chicago - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: 100 hour, August 12, 1998, 65 hours before - Departed: 0A9 - Airport: 0A9, Elizabethton Municipal, runway 24, 4,000 × 75 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 26; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 208 total, 28 in this make and model, 104 as pilot in command, 30 in the last 90 days, 27 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 280° at 5 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 64 °F - Altimeter: 29.00 inHg - Observed at: 0A9 ## 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 19980930027269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980930027269A), Sep 30, 1998: Cessna A185F, Elizabethton, TN, Substantial damage. Acft ground looped and flipped over on landing. (-23)this was a training flight, solo pattern period at OA9 approximately 1300 EDT, 09-30-98. The trainee was… From the NTSB's public API. 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