# Accident 19750220008639A: Cessna 182H, Tampa, FL, February 20, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 20, 1975
- Place: Tampa, FL
- Airport: Peter O Knight
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 27.9154° N, 82.4494° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PETER O KNIGHT (TPF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9154&lon=-82.4494&mi=10
- Aircraft: N456BC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N456BC-1975-05-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182J (registry code 2072722, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182H
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 105 total, 55 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA75AM061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA75AM061) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750220008639A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PLT DID NOT MONITOR FLT INSTRUMENTS,EXCESSIVE DSCNT NOT DETECTED

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (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 MIA75AM061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA75AM061), Feb 20, 1975: Cessna 182J (N456BC), Tampa, FL, destroyed, 1 fatal

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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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