# Accident 19811115073629A: Cessna 185F, Hines, OR, November 15, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 15, 1981, 09:20 local time
- Place: Hines, OR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.5574° N, 119.0818° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hines, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5574&lon=-119.0818&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4900C (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 185F
- Reported engine: CONT IO520D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 23,864 total, 52 in this make and model, 246 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA82DYK04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA82DYK04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811115073629A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 SEA82DYK04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA82DYK04), Nov 15, 1981: Cessna 185F (N4900C), Burns, OR, 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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.