# Accident 19800716030159A: Cessna A185F, Chauvin, LA, July 16, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 1980, 14:58 local time
- Place: Chauvin, LA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.4457° N, 90.5938° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chauvin, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.4457&lon=-90.5938&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80MW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N80MW) (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 A185F
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,069 total, 1,124 in this make and model, 94 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80DRD48](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80DRD48) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800716030159A

## Narrative

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

WATER RUDDER HUNG UP ON LANDING. SEAPLANE STRUCK SUNKEN LOG, VEERED INTO TREES ON SHORE.

## 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 FTW80DRD48](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80DRD48), Jul 16, 1980: Cessna 185 (N80MW), Chauvin, LA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N80MW (1)

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

- [Accident 20080905846389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080905846389A), Sep 5, 2008: Cessna 185 (N80MW), Newberry, MI, Substantial damage. (-23) Aircraft enroute from anj to ery on approach to ery, pilot mistook an industrial area road as the airport and descended into high tension power lines…

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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