- Date
- March 20, 1990, 15:57 local (21:57 UTC)
- Place
- Minneapolis, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4944ECessna 185
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 30, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900320011609A
- Case key
- 34947
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Probable cause
Aircraft control not maintained by the pilot in command. His lack of experience in the type of aircraft was a factor.
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.
Analysis
While practicing touch and go ldgs, in his newly acquired high performance tail wheel acft, the pvt pilot lost control, hit the right wing on the runway and flipped inverted. The plt had a total time of about 12 hours in this type of acft at the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4944E
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18503915
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Heiner Family Irrevocable Trst
- Departed
- MIC
- Airport
- MIC · Crystal, runway 13R, 3,264 × 75 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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 191 total · 13 in this make and model · 139 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- MIC, 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.
Other investigations on N4944E · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.