# NTSB WPR22LA181: Cessna 185, N23FG, Franklin, CA, May 12, 2022 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: May 12, 2022, 13:45 local (20:45 UTC) - Place: Franklin, CA - Coordinates: 38.304, -121.4293 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3040&lon=-121.4293&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Western Pacific Region - Parties: FAA - NTSB case key (mKey): 105098 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR22LA181 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/105098/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=105098 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22LA181 ## Probable cause The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the landing roll. ## 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 185, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2072802), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 185, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=2072802), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/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) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 185, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2072802), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot of the tailwheel-equipped airplane reported that, during the landing roll, the right wing lifted, and the airplane veered right. He attempted to initiate a rejected landing, but the airplane exited the runway onto the grass to the right of the runway. The left wing contacted the ground substantially damaging the left wing, left elevator and fuselage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N23FG](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N23FG), registered now, S/N 18504035, built 1980 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 185 - Registry model: [Cessna 185](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-185) (registry code 2072802) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 18504035 - Year built: 1980 - Airframe hours: 13653 - Engines: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520-D 300 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Public aircraft - state, Part 91 - Registered owner: State Of California Dept Of Fish & Game - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special); Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, November 3, 2021 - Departed: KSAC, Sacramento, CA - Destination: F72, Elk Grove, CA - Airport: F72, Franklin Fld, runway 18, 3,123 × 60 ft, asphalt - Equipment: ADS-B, Auto-pilot, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Stall warning system ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 33; injuries: none; airline transport, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine sea; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, without waivers/limitations; last flight review January 11, 2021; seat: left; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 3,722 total, 56 in this make and model, 2,362 as pilot in command, 77 in the last 90 days, 22 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 200° at 7 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 11,000 ft overcast - Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 34 °F - Altimeter: 30.26 inHg - Observed at: KSAC, 13 nm away - METAR: KSAC 122053Z 20007KT 160V230 10SM OVC110 21/01 A3026 RMK AO2 SLP248 T02110011 58013 ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 3, 2022, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=105098. 2.3 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 11 pages, 2.1 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14634576&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Pilot%20report%206120_flat_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Photograph (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 159 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=13908161&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photograph-Rel.pdf From the NTSB's public API. 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