- Date
- April 11, 1988, 12:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Hopedale, MA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4695ECessna 185
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880411012379A
- Case key
- 36132
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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.
Hard landing
Altitude - misjudgedCause
Flare - improperCause
Main gear collapsed
Landing gear,main gear - overloadFactor
Analysis
The pilot said he flared too high and landed hard. The pilot stated that the prop contacted the ground, the right landing gear broke, and the rt wing contacted the ground and was bent rearward during the hard landing. The plt did not file an acc report.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4695E
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18503844
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jim Tolson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- OWD · Norwood, MA
- Destination
- 1B6 · Hopedale, MA
- Airport
- 1B6 · Hopedale-Draper, runway 36, 3,160 × 90 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 142 total · 47 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.