Cessna 140 N1885V

19 April 1980 · Chesapeake, Virginia, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 19 April 1980 at about 09:00 local time, a Cessna 140 registered N1885V, operated by Mid-Eastern AI, was involved in an accident during in flight near Chesapeake, Virginia, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 19 April 1980 at 09:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Chesapeake, Virginia, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Cessna 140
Registration: N1885V
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Mid-Eastern AI
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Dual
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-0975

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	0	0	0	2

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

FLOAT EQUIPPED.LNDD FAST IN CONFINED AREA ON RIVER.HIT RIVER BANK.MADE PREVIOUS LOW PASS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-0975, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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