# NTSB MIA80DLA34: Cessna A185F, N8659Q, Cross City, FL, August 19, 1980

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 19, 1980
- Place: Cross City, FL · CROSS CITY, FL
- Location: 29.6386° N, 83.1248° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cross City, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6386&lon=-83.1248&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 1, 1980
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 129515
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA80DLA34
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80DLA34

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1868  80/8/19    CROSS CITY,FL       CESSNA A185F        CR-  0  0  1  MISCELLANEOUS             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1320                    N8659Q              PX-  0  0  0  FERRY                     AGE 19, 465 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            7 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - CROSS CITY
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          CLEARWATER,FL               TALLAHASSEE,FL               CROSS CITY,FL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: ROLL
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
        FACTOR(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
        REMARKS- PLT STATED HAD 4-5HRS IN T/W ACFT,ALL DUAL.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8659Q](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8659Q), registered now, S/N 18503755, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- 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: Cross City

## 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 19800819036829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800819036829A), Aug 19, 1980: Cessna A185F, Cross City, FL, Substantial damage. Unskilled in tail wheel type. Ground-looped in landing roll. Collapsed left maingear.

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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