# NTSB MKC83LA146: Cessna 185, N4010Y, Mound Valley, KS, July 5, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 4, 1983, 19:00 local (Jul 5, 1983, 00:00 UTC)
- Place: Mound Valley, KS
- Coordinates: 37.201, -95.4206 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2010&lon=-95.4206&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33436
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC83LA146
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33436/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83LA146

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PLT TOOK OFF FROM A SMALL ARPT TO REPOSITION THE ACFT ON A ROAD TO PICK UP SKY DIVERS. DURING THE LANDING, HE LOST CONTROL OF THE ACFT & IT SWERVED OFF THE ROAD & HIT A TREE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4010Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4010Y-2018-03-23), registration cancelled 2018-03-23, S/N 1850210, built 1961 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 185
- Registry model: [Cessna 185](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-185) (registry code 2072802) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1850210
- Airframe hours: 1800
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-470-F 260 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: William L. Paulding
- Registered owner: Rickey D. Maxson
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, September 11, 1982, 100 hours before

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 28; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 583 total, 35 in this make and model, 540 as pilot in command, 36 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: CNU, 28 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 19830704031049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830704031049A), Jul 4, 1983: Cessna 185, Mound Valley, KS, Substantial damage. Landed on a road to pick up sky divers. Lost control on rollout and ground looped. Struck a tree and a ditch.

## Other investigations on N4010Y (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 MKC72DCD67](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC72DCD67), Apr 17, 1972: Cessna 185 (N4010Y), Council Blfs, IA, destroyed

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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