# Accident 19801202074979A: Cessna 182Q, Winter Haven, FL, December 2, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 2, 1980, 22:00 local time
- Place: Winter Haven, FL
- Airport: Gilbert
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.0222° N, 81.7329° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Winter Haven, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0222&lon=-81.7329&mi=10
- Aircraft: N735EZ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N735EZ-2012-10-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182Q (registry code 2072732, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 486 total, 24 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA81DLD14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81DLD14) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801202074979A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS STRUCK BY UNKNOWN OBJECT WHILE CIRCLING TO LAND. LANDED SAFELY.

## 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 MIA81DLD14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81DLD14), Dec 2, 1980: Cessna 182Q (N735EZ), Winter Haven, FL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N735EZ (1)

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

- [Accident 19890302002929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890302002929A), Mar 2, 1989: Cessna 182Q (N735EZ), Robstown, TX, Destroyed. Low on fuel and on top of fog layer vectored to an airport and descended until ground collision. Marijuana onboard

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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