Accident · 2006-07-01

NTSB case CHI06LA175 · Cessna A185E · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 2006-07-01
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: Cessna A185E (N1972U)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: operator not named in the NTSB record

Probable cause

The pilot's misjudged flare that resulted in a hard landing and subsequent nose over. A factor to the accident was the grass runway that the forward landing gear dug into during the hard landing, resulting in the amphibian airplane nosing over.

Source: NTSB case CHI06LA175

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.

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