- Date
- June 19, 1989, 14:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place
- Int'L Falls, MN
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7310HCessna A185F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890619016189A
- Case key
- 34814
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Probable cause
The pilot's inability to maintain aircraft control after encountering a strong gust of wind during the landing flare/touchdown.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Compensation for wind conditions - inadequateCause
Nose over
Analysis
The pilot said that while landing his amphibious aircraft, during the flare and roll out, a strong gust of wind contributed to a loss of control and resultant nose over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7310H
- Reported as
- Cessna A185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 185003356
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Nietz, Donald H., doing business as Nietz Electric, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Departed
- Dryden Ont
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- INL · Int'L Falls, runway 13, 6,508 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 65
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 3,310 total · 1,505 in this make and model · 3,260 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Observed at
- INL, 1 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.