# NTSB NYC88LA123: Cessna 185, N4695E, Hopedale, MA, April 11, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 11, 1988, 12:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place: Hopedale, MA
- Location: 42.1065° N, 71.5101° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HOPEDALE INDUSTRIAL PARK (1B6), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1065&lon=-71.5101&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 3, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 36132
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC88LA123
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/36132/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA123

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - altitude - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Main gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,main gear - overload (contributing factor)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 185
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18503844
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 39; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880411012379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880411012379A), Apr 11, 1988: Cessna 185F, Hopedale, MA, Substantial damage. Leveled off too high and dropped to runway. Right wing and gear impacted runway.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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