# Accident 19811107072289A: Cessna A185F, Prescott, AZ, November 7, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 7, 1981, 09:08 local time
- Place: Prescott, AZ
- Airport: Love
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5400° N, 112.4685° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Prescott, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5400&lon=-112.4685&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3308S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3308S) (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
- Reported engine: CONT IO520D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,480 total, 78 in this make and model, 232 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX82DUJ05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DUJ05) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811107072289A

## Narrative

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

PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING LANDING. AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF 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 LAX82DUJ05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DUJ05), Nov 7, 1981: Cessna A185F (N3308S), Prescott, AZ, substantial damage

## Other reports on N3308S (2)

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

- [Accident 20250520018519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250520018519A), May 20, 2025: Cessna A185F (N3308S), Talkeetna, AK, Substantial damage. On or about 05/20/2025 at approximately 2140 hours pilot of a CE185 on floats approached shulin lake from the north. VFR conditions prevailed at shulin with…
- [Accident 20051023029179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051023029179A), Oct 23, 2005: Cessna A185F (N3308S), Skwentna, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) While taxiing for takeoff in 18 inches of powder snow, the left ski struck an unknown object beneath the snow and jerked the aircraft to the left…

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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