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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 185F · Hines, OR · November 15, 1981

Date
November 15, 1981 · 09:20 local
Place
Hines, OR
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4900C
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA82DYK04
Reported as
Cessna 185F
Reported engine
Continental IO520D
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
23,864 total52 in this make and model246 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Encountered snow showers following highway at low altitude. Struck wires, landed in snow-covered field, nosed over.

As the FAA filed it

ENCOUNTERED SNOW SHOWERS FOLLOWING HIGHWAY AT LOW ALTITUDE. STRUCK WIRES, LANDED IN SNOW-COVERED FIELD, NOSED OVER.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.