Accident · 2000-02-07

NTSB case DEN00TA049 · Cessna A185F · PUBU

What the record says

Event date: 2000-02-07
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Minor injury
Aircraft: Cessna A185F (N721)
Operating rule: PUBU
Operator: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE

Probable cause

Failure of the pilot in command to maintain directional control, resulting in an inadvertent ground loop. A factor was the crosswind.

Source: NTSB case DEN00TA049

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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