- Date
- May 20, 1986, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Bernie, MO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1096FCessna A185F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860520087479A
- Case key
- 34182
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Analysis
The pilot stated that they were on the takeoff roll when his seat failed and he fell backward away from the flight controls and the throttle. The airplane veered left, off the runway, crossed a small ditch, a road and then impacted in a very large drainage ditch. The airplane started burning as the pilot and his passenger departed the airplane and was demolished by impact and post-impact fire. Due to the fire damage of the seat, the seat adjustment and the seat retention system, the point of failure cannot be determined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1096F
- Reported as
- Cessna A185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 185 02751
- Airframe hours
- 895
- Engine
- Continental IO-520D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Moore Flying Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 1, 1986
- Destination
- Caruthersville, MO
- Airport
- Ag Strip
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 7,000 total · 400 in this make and model · 7,000 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N1096F · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.