- Date
- March 16, 1984, 16:30 local (Mar 17, 1984, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Kennewick, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9328NCessna A185F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840316007149A
- Case key
- 39885
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Touch-and-go - performedFactor
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertentCause
Analysis
The plt was performing touch and go landings when he lost control of the acft and groundlooped. The wind was gusting to 15 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9328N
- Reported as
- Cessna A185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18504331
- Airframe hours
- 98
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Mike J. Kissire
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 6, 1984
- Airport
- S98 · Vista, runway 20, 3,490 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 243 total · 73 in this make and model · 186 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PSC, 5 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.