# Accident 19811208084599A: Cessna 172N, Nantucket, MA, December 8, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 8, 1981, 17:30 local time
- Place: Nantucket, MA
- Airport: Nantucket
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2533° N, 70.0605° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NANTUCKET MEML (ACK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2533&lon=-70.0605&mi=10
- Aircraft: N733PF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N733PF-1982-09-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,283 total, 933 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC82DNA09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82DNA09) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811208084599A

## Narrative

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

CRASHED INTO OCEAN ON FINAL. DARK NIGHT, FATIGUED PILOT. POSSIBLE SPATIAL DISORIENTATION. AIRPLANE, PILOT MISSING.

## 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 NYC82DNA09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82DNA09), Dec 8, 1981: Cessna 172N (N733PF), Nantucket, MA, 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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