# Accident 19790506042009A: Cessna 185, Montego, JM, May 6, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 1979, 06:40 local time
- Place: Montego, JM
- Airport: Montego Bay
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N561MC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N561MC-1981-05-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185E (registry code 2072818, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 185
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 520 total, 85 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79DA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79DA105) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790506042009A

## Narrative

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

SEA PLANE ENGINE LOST POWER. LANDED IN OPEN SEA. RESTARTED ENGINE. HIT OBJECT ON WATER TAKEOFF. AIRCRAFT SANK.

## 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 MIA79DA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79DA105), May 6, 1979: Cessna 185 (N561MC), Jamaica, WN, destroyed

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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