# Accident 19800419009669A: Cessna 140, Chesapeake, VA, April 19, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 19, 1980, 09:00 local time
- Place: Chesapeake, VA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.8190° N, 76.2749° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chesapeake, VA, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8190&lon=-76.2749&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1885V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1885V-1982-09-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 140 (registry code 2071602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,649 total, 53 in this make and model, 99 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD80DID16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD80DID16) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800419009669A

## Narrative

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

LANDED DOWNWIND ON RIVER,DUE TO ROUGH ENGINE.WING STRUCK TREE ON SHORELINE.FOUND WATER IN FUEL,FROM RECENT RAIN.

## 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 IAD80DID16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD80DID16), Apr 19, 1980: Cessna 140 (N1885V), Chesapeake, VA, 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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