# Accident 19800603018079A: Cessna A185E, Morgan City, LA, June 3, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 3, 1980, 09:00 local time
- Place: Morgan City, LA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 29.7103° N, 91.1915° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Morgan City, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7103&lon=-91.1915&mi=10
- Aircraft: N70087, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N70087-2011-06-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185E (registry code 2072818, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185E
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,686 total, 106 in this make and model, 123 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80DRD36](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80DRD36) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800603018079A

## Narrative

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

PILOTS SEAT SLID BACK DURING TAKEOFF RUN AND HE LOST CONTROL CRASHING TO TREES BESIDE RUNWAY.

## 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 FTW80DRD36](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80DRD36), Jun 3, 1980: Cessna 185 (N70087), Morgan City, LA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N70087 (3)

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

- [Accident 19930829042429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930829042429A), Aug 29, 1993: Cessna A185E (N70087), Hulahula River, AK, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Flew into side of cloud obscured mountain trying to negotiate a pass. VFR was not recomended due rain and snow.
- [Accident 19900917041189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900917041189A), Sep 17, 1990: Cessna A185E (N70087), Upper Colleen, AK, Substantial damage. Ground looped landing on rough gravel bar. Impacts with rocks failed right main gear. Aircraft then ground looped.
- [Accident 19881221055429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881221055429A), Dec 21, 1988: Cessna A185F (N70087), Porcupine Lodge, AK, Substantial damage. Right gear of wheel, ski aircraft, broke through the ice on a river during taxi for takeoff. Right wing damaged.

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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