# Accident 19751126041429A: Cessna 185D, St Petersburg, FL, November 26, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 26, 1975
- Place: St Petersburg, FL
- Airport: Terra Verde
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 27.7709° N, 82.6793° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Petersburg, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.7709&lon=-82.6793&mi=10
- Aircraft: N445J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N445J-1977-01-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 185D (registry code 2072812, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-185d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 185D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA76AM047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76AM047) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19751126041429A

## Narrative

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

FULLY QUALIFIED PAX PLT OWNER IN R SEAT.PIC DIED FM ACUTE CORONARY INSUFFICIENCY WHILE SWIMMING.

## 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 MIA76AM047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76AM047), Nov 26, 1975: Cessna 185 (N445J), St Petersburg, FL, substantial damage, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N445J (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19760922036509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760922036509A), Sep 22, 1976: Cessna 185D (N445J), Brooksville, FL, Destroyed. Aileron controls found to operate in reverse direction.

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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