# NTSB CHI80FEM13: Cessna 185, N80520, Allegan, MI, January 23, 1980

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: January 23, 1980
- Place: Allegan, MI · ALLEGAN, MI
- Location: 42.5311° N, 85.8392° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Allegan, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5311&lon=-85.8392&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 5, 1980
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 132274
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI80FEM13
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEM13

## NTSB brief

```
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 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N80520), registered now, S/N 18503125, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 185
- Registry model: [Cessna A185F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (registry code 2072821) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Padgham

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19800123001179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800123001179A), Jan 23, 1980: Cessna A185F, Allegan, MI, Substantial damage. Tried to take off from snow covered runway with ice on aircraft. Stalled leaving ground effect. Crashed on runway.

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.

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