- Date
- March 29, 1985, 15:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Osage City, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9959GCessna 188
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850329011859A
- Case key
- 33926
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt was practicing landing at the airport when during the landing roll on the third attempt at landing the acft swerved off the rwy. The acft ground looped after departing the rwy and sustained substantial damage. The plt rptd the brakes grabbed asymetrically pulling the acft off the rwy. Witnesses stated the plt had difficulty handling the acft during the landing attempts. No mechanical descrepancy was noted by a visual inspection of the acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9959G
- Reported as
- Cessna 188
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18800759
- Airframe hours
- 1,500
- Engine
- Continental IO-520D, 500 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Edward Tadlock Jr.& V.Tadlock
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 23, 1984 · 110 hours before
- Departed
- 53K · Osage City, KS
- Airport
- 53K · Osage City, runway 17, 2,560 × 40 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
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 245 total · 5 in this make and model · 240 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EMP, 20 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.