# Accident 19711026050009A: Cessna 185, Hovland, MN, October 26, 1971

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 26, 1971, 16:45 local time
- Place: Hovland, MN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.8388° N, 89.9720° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hovland, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.8388&lon=-89.9720&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9881X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9881X-1972-11-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 185 (registry code 2072802, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-185) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 185
- Reported engine: CONT IO470F
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 120 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI83FA225](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83FA225) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19711026050009A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

MISSING AIRCRAFT FOUND 13 YEARS LATER. HAD CRASHED INTO TREES. WITNESSES IN AREA REPORTED MIST AND NEAR ZERO FOG.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI83FA225](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83FA225), Oct 26, 1971: Cessna 185 (N9881X), Hovland, MN, destroyed, 3 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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