- Date
- October 6, 1979
- Place
- Vero Beach, FL · VERO BEACH, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4593ECessna 185F
- Status
- Completed · report June 18, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791006024569A
- Case key
- 132735
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3793 79/10/6 VERO BEACH,FL CESSNA 185F CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1059 N4593E PX- 0 0 0 TEST AGE 29, 2089 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 3 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VERO BEACH MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAKELAND,FL VERO BEACH,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4593E
- Reported as
- Cessna 185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Vero Beach Muni
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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.