# Accident 19810326012629A: Cessna A185F, Patzau, WI, March 26, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 26, 1981, 22:00 local time
- Place: Patzau, WI
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.4913° N, 92.2208° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Patzau, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.4913&lon=-92.2208&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4862C (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 299 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI81FA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FA039) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810326012629A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CONTINUED INTO HEAVY FOG AND HIT LARGE TREE.                    .

## 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 CHI81FA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FA039), Mar 26, 1981: Cessna A185F (N4862C), Patzau, WI, destroyed, 2 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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