# Accident 19790913024669A: Cessna 182, Stuart, FL, September 13, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 13, 1979, 06:15 local time
- Place: Stuart, FL
- Airport: Stuart
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.1953° N, 80.2437° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Stuart, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.1953&lon=-80.2437&mi=10
- Aircraft: N451T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N451T-2012-07-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182A (registry code 2072704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 180 total, 4 in this make and model, 66 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79FKT93](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FKT93) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790913024669A

## Narrative

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

PILOT DESCENDED FROM 8500 FEET. AT 250 FEET THE ENGINE FAILED. NO MALFUNCTION WAS FOUND.

## 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 MIA79FKT93](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FKT93), Sep 13, 1979: Cessna 182 (N451T), Stuart, FL, destroyed

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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