# NTSB WPR21LA029: Cessna A185, N814BA, Richland, WA, October 27, 2020

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: October 27, 2020, 10:12 local (17:12 UTC)
- Place: Richland, WA
- Coordinates: 46.306105, -119.30835 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.3061&lon=-119.3084&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Parties: Federal Aviation Administration
- NTSB case key (mKey): 102202
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR21LA029
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/102202/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=102202
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA029

## Probable cause

The pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control during landing, which resulted in a nose over.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna A185F, 71 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2072821), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)
- [Performance/control parameters: pitch control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062022): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna A185F, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062022/cases.md?model=2072821), [All aircraft, 526 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062022/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230); cases with it: [Cessna A185F, 75 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2072821), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna A185F, 29 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md?model=2072821), [All aircraft, 2,287 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot of the tailwheel-equipped airplane reported that, during a wheel landing, the airplane touched down on both main landing gear as he intended, and he applied some forward pressure on the flight stick to keep the weight off the tail. The pilot employed “adequate” brake pressure as he reduced power normally and the airplane started to slow. He then applied light brake pressure between the pedals to keep the airplane on the runway centerline before the tail touched down, but the airplane subsequently nosed over and came to rest inverted. The left wing and wing strut were substantially damaged. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N814BA](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N814BA-2021-12-04), registration cancelled 2021-12-04, S/N 18504418 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185
- Registry model: [Cessna A185F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (registry code 2072821) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18504418
- Year built: 1984
- Airframe hours: 23444
- Engines: Continental Motors IO-520-L 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Other work use, Part 91
- Operator: Barr Air Patrol LLC
- Registered owner: Barr Air Patrol LLC
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, August 31, 2020, 78 hours before
- Departed: RLD, Richland, WA
- Destination: RLD, Richland, WA
- Flight plan: Company VFR
- Airport: RLD, Richland Airport, runway 26, 4,001 × 100 ft, asphalt
- Equipment: Satellite tracking device, Onboard weather, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, ADS-B, Stall warning system

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 29; injuries: none; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, without waivers/limitations; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 1,650 total, 21 in this make and model, 1,540 as pilot in command, 110 in the last 90 days, 18 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 250° at 3 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 34 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter: 30.41 inHg
- Observed at: KRLD
- METAR: KRLD 271715Z AUTO 25003KT 10SM CLR 01/M03 A3041 RMK AO2 T00111032

## 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 20201027016949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201027016949A), Oct 27, 2020: Cessna A185F, Richland, WA, Substantial damage. Pilot was practicing two wheel landings at krld with a previous employee of the company owned aircraft. When landing on runway 26, pilot reports applying…

## Docket (3 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 20, 2021, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=102202. 4.0 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 9 pages, 3.8 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=11580162&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Record of conversation (item 2, PDF, 2 pages, 51 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=11582213&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Record%20of%20Conversation%20Jordan%20McCollom-Rel.pdf
- Accident photographs (item 3, PDF, 2 pages, 180 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=11580563&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Accident%20Photographs-Rel.pdf

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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