- Date
- April 19, 1980
- Place
- Chesapeake, VA · CHESAPEAKE, VA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1885VCessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report August 19, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800419009669A
- Case key
- 131376
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0975 80/4/19 NR.CHESAPEAKE,VA CESSNA 140 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0900 N1885V PX- 0 0 0 DUAL 43, 4649 TOTAL HOURS, 53 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHESAPEAKE,VA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - GLASSY WATER PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT REMARKS- FLOAT EQUIPPED.LNDD FAST IN CONFINED AREA ON RIVER.HIT RIVER BANK.MADE PREVIOUS LOW PASS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1885V
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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 N1885V · 1
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