- Date
- January 17, 1980
- Place
- Colorado Spgs, CO · COLORADO SPGS, CO
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8389QCessna A185F
- Status
- Completed · report March 14, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800117000539A
- Case key
- 131526
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1318 80/1/17 COLORADO SPGS,CO CESSNA A185F CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 199 TIME - 0952 N8389Q PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 143 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COLORADO SPRINGS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ERIE,CO COLORADO SPGS,CO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8389Q
- Reported as
- Cessna A185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Colorado Springs
N8389QRegistration cancelled May 28, 2003 · Cessna A185FAirframe modelCessna A185FEngine modelContinental IO-520 series
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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.
Other investigations on N8389Q · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
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