# NTSB SEA00LA052: Cessna A185-F, N1357M, Bend, OR, March 16, 2000

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 16, 2000, 10:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place: Bend, OR
- Coordinates: 43.980274, -121.270698 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9803&lon=-121.2707&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 4, 2000
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 48833
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA00LA052
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/48833/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA00LA052

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to adequately compensate for wind conditions.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- Occurrence

## Analysis

The private pilot was landing a tailwheel equipped airplane on a dry paved runway.  During the landing roll-out the aircraft began to weathervane and drift left of runway centerline.  The pilot stated he tried to compensate by applying brake and rudder, but the aircraft continued off the runway and ground-looped.  Wind at the time of the accident, as reported by the pilot, was from 280 degrees at 8-10 knots. No malfunctions or anomalies were reported with the aircraft's directional control systems.

## Factual narrative

On March 16, 2000, about 1030 Pacific standard time, a Cessna A185-F, N1357M, registered to the pilot as a 14CFR91 personal/pleasure flight, was substantially damaged during the landing roll-out at Bend Municipal Airport, Bend, Oregon.  The private pilot, the sole occupant of the aircraft, was not injured.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the local flight.  There was no report of ELT activation or fire.

The pilot reported that during the landing roll-out on runway 34, the aircraft began to weathervane and drift to the left of the runway centerline.  He stated that in an attempt to maintain centerline, he applied right rudder and eventually right brake.  However, the aircraft continued off the runway and ground-looped.  The aircraft sustained substantial damage to the fuselage, right wing and landing gear.

The pilot stated that winds at the time of the accident were from 280 degrees at 8-10 knots.

The pilot reported that he hadn't experienced any mechanical difficulties or malfunctions with the aircraft that contributed to the accident.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N1357M (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Cessna A185-F
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18503156
- Airframe hours: 3824
- Engines: Continental IO-520-D 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Jeffry A. Sandine
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, February 7, 2000, 30 hours before
- Departed: S07, BEND, OR
- Destination: S07
- Airport: S07, Bend Municipal, runway 34, 5,005 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 49; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 763 total, 101 in this make and model, 662 as pilot in command, 46 in the last 90 days, 26 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 280° at 10 knots, gusting 12
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 43 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## 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 20000316005029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000316005029A), Mar 16, 2000: Cessna A185F, Bend, OR, No damage. (-23) While practicing landings and take-offs on runway 34 in Bend, Oregon, pilot lost control of aircraft on rollout due to gusting winds from the west.…

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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