# Accident 20080905846389A: Cessna 185, Newberry, MI, September 5, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 2008, 17:15 local time
- Place: Newberry, MI
- Airport: Luce County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.3272° N, 85.4883° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.3272&lon=-85.4883&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80MW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N80MW) (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 185
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 337 total, 218 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI08CA278](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA278) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080905846389A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT ENROUTE FROM ANJ TO ERY ON APPROACH TO ERY, PILOT MISTOOK AN INDUSTRIAL AREA ROAD AS THE AIRPORT AND DESCENDED INTO HIGH TENSION POWER LINES CROSSING PERPENDICULAR TO THE ROAD.  AFTER THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE POWER LINES THE PILOT APPLIED POWER, GAINED ALTITUDE, SPOTTED THE AIRPORT AND CIRCLED BACK TO LAND AT ERY.  THE TOP OF THE VERICAL FIN WITH THE ROTATING BEACON, WAS TORN FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND THE UPPER PART OF THE RUDDER WITH BALANCE WEIGHT WAS TORN OFF THE AIRCRAFT.  ONE OF THE PROPELLER BLADES HAD A NOTCH FROM CUTTING ONE POWER LINE, AND A GEAR STRUT WAS ALSO DAMAGED.

## 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 CHI08CA278](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA278), Sep 5, 2008: Cessna 185 (N80MW), Newberry, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the wires on approach. Contributing to the accident was the sunshine, as reported by the pilot.

## Other reports on N80MW (1)

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

- [Accident 19800716030159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800716030159A), Jul 16, 1980: Cessna A185F (N80MW), Chauvin, LA, Substantial damage. Water rudder hung up on landing. Seaplane struck sunken log, veered into trees on shore.

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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