# Accident 19821104056819A: Cessna 172P, Myakka City, FL, November 4, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 4, 1982, 18:21 local time
- Place: Myakka City, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.3498° N, 82.1615° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Myakka City, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.3498&lon=-82.1615&mi=10
- Aircraft: N63836 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYC O320D2J
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 5
- Pilot flight hours: 125 total, 75 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA83FA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA83FA022) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821104056819A

## Narrative

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

DISORIENTED IN CLOUDS VFR PILOT LOST CONTROL, SPIRALED TO NEAR VERTICAL GROUND IMPACT WHILE ATC ATTEMPTED VECTORS.

## 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 MIA83FA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA83FA022), Nov 5, 1982: Cessna 172P (N63836), Near Myakka Cit, FL, destroyed, 6 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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