- Date
- August 12, 1992, 20:00 local (Aug 13, 1992, 02:00 UTC)
- Place
- Ennis, MT
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1207QCessna A185F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920812031139A
- Case key
- 42876
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Probable cause
Directional control was not maintained. Factors to the accident were: a loose gravel airstrip, wind gusts and inadequate remedial action.
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.
Analysis
At the end of a cross country flight, a normal approach and landing were made to the private gravel airstrip. During the landing roll, a gust of wind raised the airplane's tail. When the tail came back down, the airplane began to veer to the right and slide sideways. The pilot tried to correct but could not maintain control. The airplane continued to the right and the left wing contacted the surface.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1207Q
- Reported as
- Cessna A185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18503470
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Singleton, James L., doing business as Singleton Construction
- Registered owner
- Singleton, James L.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 8, 1992 · 200 hours before
- Departed
- Dell, MT
- Airport
- Private, runway 17, 3,500 × 100 ft, gravel
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,820 total · 65 in this make and model · 1,640 as pilot in command · 93 in the last 90 days · 55 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °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.