Accident Cessna A185E N4730Q,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 291871
 
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Date:Friday 25 August 2006
Time:20:30 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic C185 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Cessna A185E
Owner/operator:Private
Registration: N4730Q
MSN: 185-1184
Total airframe hrs:4055 hours
Engine model:Continental IO-520
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Category:Accident
Location:Valentine, Nebraska -   United States of America
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Clinton Airport, IA (CWI/KCWI)
Destination airport:Valentine-Miller Field, NE (VTN/KVTN)
Investigating agency: NTSB
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
The airplane ground looped during landing. The pilot reported that when she applied the left brake the airplane ground looped. Wind conditions reported near the time of the accident were: wind 350 degrees at 15 knots gusting to 25 knots.

Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the landing roll, resulting in an inadvertent ground loop by the pilot. A factor contributing to the accident was the gusting crosswind condition.

Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: NTSB
Report number: CHI06LA255
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 1 year and 3 months
Download report: Final report

Sources:

NTSB CHI06LA255

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
28 April 2002 N4730Q Brad And Arden Lindsey 0 Greeley, Colorado sub

Revision history:

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