# Accident 19791021031599A: Cessna 185, Ft Myers, FL, October 21, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 21, 1979, 14:15 local time
- Place: Ft Myers, FL
- Airport: Page
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.5866° N, 81.8632° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PAGE FLD (FMY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.5866&lon=-81.8632&mi=10
- Aircraft: N86330 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 185
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,020 total, 250 in this make and model, 56 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA80DLD06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80DLD06) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791021031599A

## Narrative

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

PILOT HIT A SAND DUNE WHILE FLYING LOW OVER THE BEACH TO TAKE PICTURES.

## 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 MIA80DLD06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80DLD06), Oct 21, 1979: Cessna 185F (N86330), Ft. Meyers, FL, 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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