# NTSB SEA84LA072: Cessna A185F, N9328N, Kennewick, WA, March 17, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 16, 1984, 16:30 local (Mar 17, 1984, 00:30 UTC)
- Place: Kennewick, WA
- Coordinates: 46.210021, -119.159523 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.2100&lon=-119.1595&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 39885
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA84LA072
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/39885/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA84LA072

## 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
  - touch-and-go - performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18504331
- Airframe hours: 98
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 36; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840316007149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840316007149A), Mar 16, 1984: Cessna A185F, Kennewick, WA, Substantial damage. Lost control of the aircraft and ground looped during touch and go crosswind landings.

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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