# Accident 19790924035549A: Cessna 185, Tunnel Meadows, CA, September 24, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 24, 1979, 12:05 local time
- Place: Tunnel Meadows, CA
- Airport: Tunnel Meadows
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 36.3795° N, 118.2674° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Tunnel Meadows Airstrip, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3795&lon=-118.2674&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8845Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8845Q) (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 185
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,870 total, 270 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX79DA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79DA089) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790924035549A

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO CLIMB AFTER TAKEOFF DUE TO WIND SHIFT. ABORTED, LANDED IN ROUGH GROUND OFF END RUNWAY.

## 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 LAX79DA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79DA089), Sep 24, 1979: Cessna 185 (N8845Q), Tunnel Meadows, CA, substantial damage

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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