# Accident 19820220001199A: Cessna 182Q, Fort Sumner, NM, February 20, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 20, 1982, 00:04 local time
- Place: Fort Sumner, NM
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4695° N, 104.2299° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4695&lon=-104.2299&mi=10
- Aircraft: N759QR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N759QR-1982-12-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182Q (registry code 2072732, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- Reported engine: CONT O470U
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,700 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW82FQA14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FQA14) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820220001199A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO GROUND AT HIGH SPEED AT NIGHT NEAR FRIEND'S HOUSE. HAD BEEN DRINKING. BUZZED AREA PREVIOUS OCCASTIONS.

## 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 FTW82FQA14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FQA14), Feb 20, 1982: Cessna 182Q (N759QR), Fort Sumner, NM, 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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