Necedah Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Necedah, Wisconsin 54646
Saturday, June 1, 2002 13:40 CDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

The airplane was substantially damaged when it veered off the runway during landing rollout on runway 18 (2,700 feet by 60 feet, asphalt). The pilot reported that a gust of wind forced the aircraft to turn right and that full left rudder and braking could not straighten the aircraft. The pilot stated that he allowed the rollout to continue onto the grass along side the runway, when the left main landing gear sank in sand. The pilot reported the winds at the time of the accident were from 240 degrees at 13 knots gusting to 18 knots. The maximum demonstrated crosswind for a 1977 Cessna A185F is 15 kts. There is no published maximum demonstrated crosswind for the accident airplane, which was a 1973 Cessna A185F.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Directional control of the airplane not maintained by the pilot. The gusting winds was a contributing factor.

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 6/1/2002
Event Day of the Week Saturday
Time of Event 1340
Event Time Zone Central Daylight Time
Event City Necedah
Event State WISCONSIN
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 54646
Event Date Year 2002
Event Date Month 6
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude --
Event Location Longitude --
Event Location Airport NECEDAH
Event Location Nearest Airport ID DAF
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation 919
Weather Briefing Completeness --
Investigator's weather source Pilot
Time of the weather observation
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) --
Weather Observation Facility ID --
Elevation of weather observation facility --
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) --
Time Zone of the weather observation --
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height --
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height --
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Clear
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) --
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) --
Visibility (Statute Miles) 10
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 29
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) --
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 240
Variable Wind Indicator Wind direction could be determined
Wind Speed (knots) 13
Wind Velocity Indicator --
Wind Gust Indicator Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 18
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 29.91
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation --
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries --
On Ground, Minor Injuries --
On Ground, Serious Injuries --
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 1
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 13169
NTSB Notification Source FAA
NTSB Notification Date Jun 3 2002 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1400
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information DMS
Date of most recent change to record Apr 18 2003 4:34PM
User who most recently changed record NTSB\MONR
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office Milwaukee, Wisconsin - FSDO

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N185NR
NTSB Number CHI02TA149
Missing Aircraft Indicator --
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? No
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name Cessna
Aircraft Model A185F
Aircraft Series Identifier --
Aircraft Serial Number 18502273
Certified Max Gross Weight 3200
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 4
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Dec 2 2001 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 80
Airframe Hours 4216
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name State of Wisconsin
Aircraft Owner Street Address 3400 Miller St.
Aircraft Owner City Madison
Aircraft Owner State WI
Aircraft Owner Country USA
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 53704
Operator is an individual? No
Operator Name --
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Street Address --
Operator City --
Operator State --
Operator Country --
Operator Zip code --
Operator Code --
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? --
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation --
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Public Use
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code OSH
Departure City Oshkosh
Departure State WI
Departure Country USA
Departure Time 1115
Departure Time Zone CDT
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code DAF
Destination City Necedah
Destination State WI
Destination Country USA
Specific Phase of Flight Landing - roll
Report sent to ICAO? No
Evacuation occurred No
Date of most recent change to record Feb 14 2003 8:57AM
User who most recently changed record SULP
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 18
Runway Length 2700
Runway Width 60
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --