# Accident 19800419009499A: Cessna 185, Eveleth, MN, April 19, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 19, 1980, 17:00 local time
- Place: Eveleth, MN
- Airport: Eveleth-Virginia
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.4242° N, 92.4966° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EVELETH/VIRGINIA MUNI (EVM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4242&lon=-92.4966&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4220Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4220Q) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 295 total, 6 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC80DER34](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC80DER34) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800419009499A

## Narrative

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

STOPPED INVERTED ON RUNWAY. INSPECTION INDICATES AIRPLANE TIRE WAS CUT FROM A GROUND-LOOP.

## 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 MKC80DER34](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC80DER34), Apr 19, 1980: Cessna 185 (N4220Q), Eveleth, MN, 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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