# Accident 19800610019279A: Cessna 185E, Osage Beach, MO, June 10, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 10, 1980, 15:15 local time
- Place: Osage Beach, MO
- Airport: Links Landing
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.1362° N, 92.6470° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Osage Beach, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1362&lon=-92.6470&mi=10
- Aircraft: N121WW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 185E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC80FCG26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC80FCG26) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800610019279A

## Narrative

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

SPEED BOAT CUT ACROSS PATH OF TAXIING SEAPLANE. PILOT SWERVED AIRCRAFT TO AVOID SPEEDBOAT. WING HIT BRIDGE.

## 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 MKC80FCG26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC80FCG26), Jun 10, 1980: Cessna 185F (N121WW), Osage Beach, MO, 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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