- Date
- July 16, 1980
- Place
- Chauvin, LA · CHAUVIN, LA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N80MWCessna 185
- Status
- Completed · report July 31, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800716030159A
- Case key
- 130368
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0736 80/7/16 CHAUVIN,LA CESSNA 185 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 2069 TIME - 1930 N80MW PX- 0 0 2 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 1124 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BRENTON ISLAND,LA CHAUVIN,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: RUDDER AND RUDDER TAB CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOOSE,PART/FITTING REMARKS- WATER RUDDERS JAMMED FM FOD,CABLE FOUND LOOSE.COLLIDED WITH SUNKEN LOG,SWERVED INTO TREE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N80MW
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N80MW · 1
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