ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 363608
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| Date: | Friday 22 May 1992 |
| Time: | 19:25 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna A185F |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N61167 |
| MSN: | 18504118 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 500 hours |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL IO-520-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Spray, OR -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Eugene, OR (KEUG) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE PILOT OVERFLEW THE UNIMPROVED AIRSTRIP, WHICH HAD BEEN PARTIALLY PLOWED, THEN ELECTED TO LAND UPSLOPE. HE TOUCHED DOWN IN THE PLOWED AREA, ABOUT 150 FEET SHORT OF THE UNPLOWED SECOND HALF OF THE AIRSTRIP. THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER, SUSTAINING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, AFTER TOUCHDOWN.
Probable Cause: THE PILOT'S SELECTION OF UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FOR LANDING. FACTORS INCLUDE SOFT AND UNEVEN TERRAIN.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB SEA92LA106
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 May 2017 | N185RX | Private | 0 | Columbia, CA | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 18-Mar-2024 19:08 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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