# Accident 19820510019339A: Cessna 172C, Sunberg, MN, May 10, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 1982, 21:41 local time
- Place: Sunberg, MN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N8432X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8432X-1983-05-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172C (registry code 2072408, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172C
- Reported engine: CONT O300D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 122 total, 80 in this make and model, 56 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI82FA160](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82FA160) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820510019339A

## Narrative

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

VFR PILOT DISORIENTED AND CONFUSED AFTER ENTERING IMC WITH A DEFECTIVE DIRECTIONAL GYRO. LOST CONTROL AND CRASHED.

## 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 CHI82FA160](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82FA160), May 11, 1982: Cessna 172C (N8432X), Sunburg, MN, destroyed, 1 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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