Cessna A185F N619VM

Summary

On 18 July 2010 at about 18:00 local time, a Cessna A185F registered N619VM, operated by James Causey, was involved in an accident near Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, 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

18 July 2010 at 18:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, United States

Nearest airport

Coeur d'Alene-Pappy Boyington (KCOE)

Coordinates

47.7744, -116.8197

Aircraft

Cessna A185F

Registration

N619VM

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

James Causey

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

McCall → Coeur d'Alene

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

WPR10CA368

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's inadequate compensation for a wind gust during the landing roll.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

While on final approach to the destination runway, the pilot noted that the windsock indicated a variable crosswind. The airplane touched down normally, in a tail-low configuration with the upwind-wing lowered to accommodate the crosswind. As the airplane was on the landing roll it passed by a hangar, where the pilot maneuvered the controls to adjust for the sudden no-wind condition. Just prior to the tailwheel making contact with the runway surface, the airplane passed a gap between two hangars and correspondingly encountered a gusty crosswind. The airplane partially ground-looped, with the right wing contacting the surface. The pilot reported that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane. A routine aviation weather report (METAR) for the airport, issued around the time of the accident, reported winds from 230 degrees at 03 knots.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.