# N8785B: 1957 Cessna 172, registration cancelled 2013-05-15

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: May 15, 2013
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Cessna 172](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (registry code 2072402)
- Engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022)
- Data sheets: [TCDS 3A12](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A12), [TCDS E-253](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E-253) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 36485
- Year built: 1957
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Airworthiness: Standard
- Airworthiness date: November 27, 1957
- Certificate issued: August 22, 1989
- Last registry action: October 28, 1998
- Mode S code: AC1717
- Owner when cancelled: [Gonzalez Richard Jr](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/GONZALEZ%20RICHARD%20JR)
- Location: Ceiba, PR, RQ
- Owner type: Individual
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8785B
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=8785B
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8785B-2013-05-15

From the FAA registry file of November 4, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Cessna 172: https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172.md

## NTSB investigations (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 (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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