# NTSB WPR26LA017: Cessna 185C, N5806T, Phoenix, AZ, October 10, 2025 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: October 10, 2025, 12:37 local (19:37 UTC) - Place: Phoenix, AZ - Coordinates: 33.689532, -112.08379 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6895&lon=-112.0838&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: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report December 4, 2025 - 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): 201847 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR26LA017 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/201847/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=201847 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA017 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll with a left crosswind. ## 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 185C, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2072808), [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 185C, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=2072808), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md) - [Wind: crosswind](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Effect on operation (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 185C, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040/cases.md?model=2072808), [All aircraft, 1,008 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040/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: Other weather encounter](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400); cases with it: [Cessna 185C, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400/sequence.md?model=2072808), [All aircraft, 1,127 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 185C, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2072808), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Attempted remediation/recovery](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/060); cases with it: [Cessna 185C, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/060/sequence.md?model=2072808), [All aircraft, 1,422 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/060/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096); cases with it: [Cessna 185C, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md?model=2072808), [All aircraft, 2,287 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot of the tailwheel equipped airplane reported that, while practicing touch-and-go landings, the airplane veered left during the landing roll. The pilot attempted to correct with right rudder and left aileron input; however, the airplane ground looped to the left and nosed over, which resulted in substantial damage to the left wing and vertical stabilizer. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunction or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. At the time of the accident, the pilot was landing the airplane on runway 7L with wind from 360° at 13 knots. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N5806T](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5806T), registered now, S/N 185-0706, built 1964 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 185C - Registry model: [Cessna 185C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-185c) (registry code 2072808) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 185-0706 - Year built: 1964 - Engines: Continental IO-470 260 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: 100 hour, December 20, 2024, 29.1 hours before - Airport: DVT, Phoenix Deer Valley Airport, runway 7L, 4,500 × 75 ft, asphalt - Equipment: ADS-B ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 67; injuries: none; airline transport, flight engineer; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: basicmed, without waivers/limitations; last flight review October 9, 2023; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 23,910 total, 123 in this make and model, 2,100 as pilot in command, 3.5 in the last 90 days, 0.1 in the last 30 days, 0.1 in the last 24 hours - Pilot-rated passenger; injuries: none; flight engineer, airline transport, flight instructor; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: basicmed, with waivers/limitations; seat: right; restraint: 3-point ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 360° at 13 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Temperature: 86 °F, dew point 66 °F - Altimeter: 29.91 inHg - Observed at: KDVT, 1 nm away - METAR: METAR KDVT 101953Z 36013KT 10SM SCT110 30/19 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP105 T03000189= ## 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 20251010014849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251010014849A), Oct 10, 2025: Cessna 185C, Deer Valley, AZ, Substantial damage. On 10/10/2025, while performing a touch and go landing at Deer Valley airport (dvt), aircraft [privacy data omitted] experienced a strong cross wind that… ## Other investigations on N5806T (1) 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. - [NTSB MKC66F0328](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC66F0328), Oct 26, 1965: Cessna 185C (N5806T), Fenton, MO, substantial damage ## Docket (3 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 4, 2025, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=201847. 186 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 8 pages, 184 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19510737&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Memorandum for record a�� telephone interview, pilot (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 100 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19510266&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Record%20of%20phone%20conversation_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Photos (item 3, PDF, 3 pages, 2 photos, 1.4 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19509550&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photo%20array%20redacted-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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.