# Accident 19800218003559A: Cessna 172RG, Palm Bay, FL, February 18, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 18, 1980, 23:40 local time
- Place: Palm Bay, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.0345° N, 80.5887° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Palm Bay, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0345&lon=-80.5887&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6265R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6265R-2013-04-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172RG (registry code 2072438, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172RG
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 7 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA80FA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FA035) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800218003559A

## Narrative

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

VFR PILOT ENCOUNTERED HEAVY RAIN EN ROUTE. DARK NIGHT. LOST GROUND REFERENCE. HIT TREE. VFR FLIGHT NOT ADVISED.

## 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 MIA80FA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FA035), Feb 18, 1980: Cessna 172RG (N6265R), Palm Bay, 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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