# Accident 19800507012489A: Cessna 182G, Pecos, TX, May 7, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 7, 1980, 22:45 local time
- Place: Pecos, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.4229° N, 103.4932° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pecos, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.4229&lon=-103.4932&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3218S (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182G
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 2,450 total, 122 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80FA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FA071) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800507012489A

## Narrative

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

OBSERVED MAKING LOW PASSES OVER TOWN. PULLED UP INTO VERTICAL CLIMB, STALLED, & CRASHED. POSSIBLE ALCOHOL INVOLVED.

## 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 FTW80FA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FA071), May 7, 1980: Cessna 182G (N3218S), Pecos, TX, destroyed, 4 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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