Cessna A185E N185RW

Summary

On 6 June 2006 at about 18:30 local time, a Cessna A185E registered N185RW was involved in an accident near Turner, Maine, United States. One person was 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

6 June 2006 at 18:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Turner, Maine, United States

Nearest airport

Twitchell Airport (3B5)

Coordinates

44.1889, -70.2328

Aircraft

Cessna A185E

Registration

N185RW

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Scarborough → Turner

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC06CA140

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to obtain the proper touchdown point, resulting in a runway undershoot, and substantial damage to the airplane.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot elected to land with a tailwind, on a turf runway that was adjacent and perpendicular to a riverbank. With the Cessna 185 configured for landing, and just prior to touchdown, the airplane experienced an increase in descent rate due to "either an increase in the tailwind or a downdraft." The airplane struck the face of the runway below the landing surface, collapsing the right main landing gear, and resulting in substantial damage. The pilot did not report any mechanical deficiencies of the airplane, and when asked how the accident could have been prevented stated, "carried more airspeed to counter the effect of [the] possible increased tailwind."

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.