# Accident 19800117000539A: Cessna A185F, Colorado Spring, CO, January 17, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 17, 1980, 09:52 local time
- Place: Colorado Spring, CO
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8339° N, 104.8214° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Colorado Springs, CO, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8339&lon=-104.8214&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8389Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8389Q-2003-05-28) (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 A185F
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 199 total, 143 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN80FTE20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80FTE20) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800117000539A

## Narrative

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

LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING GO AROUND ATTEMPT FROM A BAD LANDING. AIRCRAFT STALLED, HIT RUNWAY, FLIPPED OVER.

## 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 DEN80FTE20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80FTE20), Jan 17, 1980: Cessna A185F (N8389Q), Colorado Spgs, CO, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8389Q (3)

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

- [Accident 19941223042149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941223042149A), Dec 23, 1994: Cessna A185F (N8389Q), Erie, CO, Substantial damage. Bounced and porpoised trying to climb. Lost directional control. Stalled. Impacted nose first. Stopped nose down.
- [Accident 19900613020079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900613020079A), Jun 13, 1990: Cessna A185F (N8389Q), Erie, CO, Substantial damage. Landed on grass parallel to runway on check flight. Impact separated left main gear.
- [Accident 19880429012329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880429012329A), Apr 29, 1988: Cessna A185F (N8389Q), Erie, CO, Substantial damage. Reached down to retract flaps and open cowl flaps on landing roll. Lost control veered off runway and nosed down.

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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