# Incident 19821220067699I: Cessna 172A, Key West, FL, December 20, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 20, 1982, 22:00 local time
- Place: Key West, FL
- Airport: International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 24.5651° N, 81.7755° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Key West, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=24.5651&lon=-81.7755&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54743, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N54743-2009-07-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 120 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821220067699I

## Narrative

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

OVER FLEW CUBA INTO KEY WEST ON A VFR FLIGHT PLAN. UNAWARE IFR FLIGHT PLAN OVER CUBA INTO ADIZ REQUIRED.

## Other reports on N54743 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19980503008329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980503008329A), May 3, 1998: Cessna 172P (N54743), Key West, FL, Substantial damage. Landed long and overran runway into rough terrain. (.4) according to the student pilot, while practicing touch-and-go landings, he landed long, and the…

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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