# Accident 19781228041399A: Cessna A185E, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, December 28, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 28, 1978
- Place: Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
- Airport: Borinquen
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 18.4375° N, 67.1543° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Aguadilla, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4375&lon=-67.1543&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9373H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9373H-1981-03-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185F (registry code 2072821, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,508 total, 1 in this make and model, 52 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79FKA03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FKA03) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781228041399A

## Narrative

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

LEFT CROSSWIND 15 KNOTS GUSTING 20 KNOTS.

## 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 MIA79FKA03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FKA03), Dec 28, 1978: Cessna A185F (N9373H), Aguadilla, PR, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9373H (1)

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

- [Incident 19780328011409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780328011409I), Mar 28, 1978: Cessna 185 (N9373H), Yauco, Puerto Rico, Minor damage. Pilot hit a rock during landing on a temporary, Private strip.

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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