# N8785B: not currently registered

- Registered now: No (not in the FAA registry file). The mark may be reserved or free to assign
- Earlier aircraft: 1
- Last cancelled: May 15, 2013
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=8785B
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8785B

## Aircraft that carried N8785B

- [Cancelled 2013-05-15](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8785B-2013-05-15): Cessna 172, S/N 36485, built 1957. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Gonzalez Richard Jr](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/GONZALEZ%20RICHARD%20JR), [Ceiba, PR](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/PR/Ceiba)

## NTSB investigations on N8785B (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 MIA90LA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA90LA037), Dec 7, 1989: Cessna 172 (N8785B), Atlantic Ocean (Atlantic Ocean), destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE ENGINE SEIZED FROM OIL STARVATION (LACK OF OIL OR OIL PRESSURE), WHICH RESULTED IN THE AIRCRAFT BEING DITCHED AT SEA.

## FAA accident and incident reports on N8785B (1)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 19891207049219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891207049219A), Dec 7, 1989: Cessna 172 (N8785B), Mayaguana Islan, Bahamas, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Lost oil pressure and engine seized. Ditched in atlantic ocean and sank. Passenger died on swim to an island.

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