# Accident 19810109001069A: Cessna 182H, Gainesville, FL, January 9, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 9, 1981, 21:40 local time
- Place: Gainesville, FL
- Airport: Regional
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6516° N, 82.3248° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gainesville, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6516&lon=-82.3248&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8442S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8442S-1981-10-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182H (registry code 2072718, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182H
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 780 total, 676 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA81FA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81FA033) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810109001069A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CRASHED WHILE CIRCLING AIRPORT PRIOR TO LANDING. DARK NIGHT AND GROUND REFERENCE FACTORS.

## 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 MIA81FA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81FA033), Jan 9, 1981: Cessna 182H (N8442S), Gainesville, FL, destroyed, 3 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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