- Date
- January 23, 1980
- Place
- Allegan, MI · ALLEGAN, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N80520Cessna 185
- Status
- Completed · report March 5, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800123001179A
- Case key
- 132274
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0041 80/1/23 ALLEGAN,MI CESSNA 185 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 248 TIME - 0915 N80520 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 129 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PADGHAM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALLEGAN,MI PONTIAC,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE REMARKS- THIN LAYER OF ICE & FROST FOUND ON WINGS & HORIZONTAL SURFACES OF ACFT AFTER ACDNT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N80520
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Padgham
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.