# Accident 19780425009679A: Cessna A185F, Ramona, CA, April 25, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 25, 1978
- Place: Ramona, CA
- Airport: Ramona
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 33.0392° N, 116.9153° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RAMONA (RNM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0392&lon=-116.9153&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1084F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1084F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185F (registry code 2072821, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,831 total, 1,387 in this make and model, 117 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX78FUM21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78FUM21) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780425009679A

## Narrative

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

WRONG NUT & BOLT INSTALLED & OVERTIGHTENED FORCING L RUDDER CABLEK AGAINST BELLCRANK ASSEMBLY.

## 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 LAX78FUM21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78FUM21), Apr 25, 1978: Cessna A185F (N1084F), Ramona, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N1084F (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19760920033649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760920033649A), Sep 20, 1976: Cessna A185F (N1084F), Aniak, AK, Substantial damage. Not fam w peekay floats, over rotated and dug heels of floats in water slowing a/c down on tkof.

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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