Cessna 185F N93981

Summary

On 17 October 2000 at about 21:45 local time, a Cessna 185F registered N93981 was involved in an accident near Driggs, Idaho, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

17 October 2000 at 21:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Driggs, Idaho, United States

Nearest airport

Teton Peaks (U59)

Coordinates

43.7292, -111.2210

Aircraft

Cessna 185F

Registration

N93981

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Rexburg → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA01LA006

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control. Factors include soft terrain adjacent to the runway.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot landed in calm wind conditions, and the initial part of the landing roll was uneventful. But as the aircraft began to decelerate, it started to drift toward the side of the runway. As the pilot began to apply corrective actions, the soles of his boots caught on either the rudder pedals or each other. He was therefore temporarily unable to make corrective rudder inputs, and by the time he was able to free his feet, the aircraft had entered a ground loop from which he was unable to recover. As the aircraft continued its ground loop, it departed the side of the runway, encountered soft terrain and nosed over.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.