# Accident 19791215036739A: Cessna A185F, Venice, LA, December 15, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 15, 1979, 16:10 local time
- Place: Venice, LA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.2931° N, 89.3689° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Venice, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.2931&lon=-89.3689&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1850R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1850R-1980-07-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185F (registry code 2072821, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 3,400 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80FA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FA022) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791215036739A

## Narrative

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

ACFT DEPARTED IN ADVERSE WEATHER. WITNESSES SAW ACFT RETURNING AT LOW ALT. ACFT HIT RADIO TOWER GUY WIRES.

## 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 FTW80FA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FA022), Dec 15, 1979: Cessna A185F (N1850R), Venice, LA, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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