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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 185 · Ramapo, NJ · December 1, 1983

Date
December 1, 1983 · 15:45 local
Place
Ramapo, NJ
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4JJ
Reported as
Cessna 185
Reported engine
Continental IO520D
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,000 total3,000 in this make and model24 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 FMC en route. Gyro horizon failed while making a 180. Landed in a baseball field.

As the FAA filed it

ENCOUNTERED FMC EN ROUTE. GYRO HORIZON FAILED WHILE MAKING A 180. LANDED IN A BASEBALL FIELD.