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Event NYC85LA164

1985-07-11 BLOCK ISLAND, Rhode Island, United States Airport · BID None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N71359

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 182M

Year of manufacture

1969 · 16 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES (230 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19690217

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A98A5B

Registrant of record

SPARKS FLY LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

THE PLT WAS CHECKED OUT IN THE C-182 ON JULY 9, 1985 AND HAD FLOWN THIS ACFT FOR 1 HR IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR. DURING A NORMAL POWER OFF LANDING WITH TEN DEGREES OF FLAPS EXTENDED, THE PLT ADDED POWER AND NOTICED NO CHANGE IN PERFORMANCE.THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN AND BOUNCED. THE PLT ADDED FULL POWER FOR A GO-AROUND AND THE ACFT SETTLED BACK ONTO THE RWY APRX 2000 FT FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE RWY. THE ACFT ROLLED ABOUT 300 FT AND WENT OFF THE RWY INTO THE BRUSH. THE PLT STATED THAT THERE IS A DROP AND A ROAD AT THE END OF THE RWY. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1985_NYC85LA164.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

Related research

What the literature says.

Academic papers and agency reports matching this event's aircraft type or causal vocabulary (go-around). Sourced from NASA NTRS, NTSB Safety Studies, FAA CAMI, AOPA Air Safety Institute, Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons, arXiv, and the Semantic Scholar academic graph.

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