# Accident 19800504013579A: Cessna 182A, Heflin, AL, May 4, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 1980, 13:15 local time
- Place: Heflin, AL
- Airport: Heflin
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6474° N, 85.5693° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Heflin, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6474&lon=-85.5693&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9986B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9986B-2014-12-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182A (registry code 2072704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182A
- Reported engine: CONT O470L
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 153 total, 98 in this make and model, 44 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL80FKJ03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL80FKJ03) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800504013579A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ATTEMPTED EMERGENCY LANDING AFTER ENGINE MALFUNCTION. UNSUITABLE TERRAIN CAUSED AIRCRAFT TO FLIP INVERTED.

## 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 ATL80FKJ03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL80FKJ03), May 4, 1980: Cessna 182 (N9986B), Heflin, AL, destroyed

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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