# NTSB MIA81DKA03: Cessna 185, N8436Q, Ajuntas, PR, December 11, 1980

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: December 11, 1980
- Place: Ajuntas, PR · AJUNTAS,PR, PR
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 5, 1981
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 127732
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA81DKA03
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81DKA03

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3672  80/12/11   AJUNTAS,PR          CESSNA 185          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 38, 557
        TIME - 1300                    N8436Q              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 550 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - ADJUNTAS
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          AJUNTAS,PR                  BOQUERON,PR
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 TAKEOFF: RUN
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     TAKEOFF: RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8436Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8436Q-2011-10-11), registration cancelled 2011-10-11, S/N 18503700, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 185
- 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: Destroyed
- Airport: Adjuntas

## 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 19801211085849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801211085849A), Dec 11, 1980: Cessna 185F, Adjuntas, Puerto Rico, Substantial damage. Wind gust drifted airplane into trees on edge of runway on takeoff.

## Other investigations on N8436Q (1)

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.

- [NTSB ERA11FA376](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11FA376), Jul 1, 2011: Cessna A185F (N8436Q), Yabucoa, PR, substantial damage, 5 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate weather planning and improper decision to continue a visual flight rules flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in an encounter with a thunderstorm…

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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