- Date
- November 15, 1980
- Place
- Port Townsend, WA · PORT TOWNSEND, WA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N70037Cessna 185
- Status
- Completed · report March 5, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801115075839A
- Case key
- 128078
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3600 80/11/15 NR.PORT TOWNSEND,WA CESSNA 185 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1615 N70037 PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 40, 10000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 359 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ANACORTES,WA PORT TOWNSEND,WA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-DOWN LANDING IN WATER LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO RETRACT LANDING GEAR FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: LANDING GEAR WARNING AND INDICATING COMPONENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - GROUNDED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- AMBER WARNING LIGHT INOP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N70037
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- 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 N70037 · 1
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