# Accident 19820207050829A: Cessna P210N, Sedona, AZ, February 7, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 7, 1982, 20:22 local time
- Place: Sedona, AZ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9391° N, 111.9405° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9391&lon=-111.9405&mi=10
- Aircraft: N731NQ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N731NQ-2012-10-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna P210N (registry code 2073454, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P210N
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520P
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 68 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX82FA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82FA072) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820207050829A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK TREES IN NEAR LEVEL FLIGHT. LOW CEILING, FOG, SNOWSHOWERS IN AREA. WAS ADVISED VFR FLIGHT NOT RECOMMENDED.

## 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 LAX82FA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82FA072), Feb 8, 1982: Cessna P210N (N731NQ), 6 Nm North Of S, AZ, destroyed, 4 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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