- Date
- July 5, 1979
- Place
- Elizabethton, TN · ELIZABETHTON, TN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N70083Cessna A185
- Status
- Completed · report August 6, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790705013359A
- Case key
- 135116
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1447 79/7/5 ELIZABETHTON,TN CESSNA A185 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1645 N70083 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL 49, 11770 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 820 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ELIZABETHTON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ELIZABETHTON,TN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING FACTOR(S) DUAL STUDENT - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N70083
- Reported as
- Cessna A185
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Elizabethton
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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 N70083 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB WPR09CA252Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportTacoma, WAThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control while landing with a crosswind.NTSB FTW84LA052Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportEl Paso, TXThe acft groundlooped during landing on an instructional flt. The landing was on rwy 22 and the wind was from 270 degrees at 9 KTS. After touchdown directional control was lost and the acft veered to the right collapsing the left mainlanding gear.