# Accident 19840516017149A: Cessna A185F, Grand Junction, CO, May 16, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 1984, 08:45 local time
- Place: Grand Junction, CO
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0639° N, 108.5506° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grand Junction, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0639&lon=-108.5506&mi=10
- Aircraft: N714PM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N714PM-2013-05-03) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,325 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 230 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN84LA151](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN84LA151) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840516017149A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CAUGHT IN DOWNDRAFT DURING PIPELINE PATROL. AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH GROUND ALTHOUGH FULL POWER WAS APPLIED.

## 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 DEN84LA151](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN84LA151), May 16, 1984: Cessna A185F (N714PM), Grand Junction, CO, destroyed

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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