# Accident 19811204079979A: Cessna 182A, Escanaba, MI, December 4, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 4, 1981
- Place: Escanaba, MI
- Damage: Damage unknown
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.7463° N, 87.0836° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Escanaba, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7463&lon=-87.0836&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5173D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5173D-2013-07-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182A (registry code 2072704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182A
- Reported engine: CONT O470L
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI82DAMS1](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DAMS1) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811204079979A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT IS MISSING ON FLIGHT FROM WASHINGTON ISLAND TO ESCANABA. MOST OF ROUTE WAS OVER LAKE MICHIGAN.

## 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 CHI82DAMS1](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DAMS1), Dec 4, 1981: Cessna 182A (N5173D), Missing Aircraft, 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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