# Accident 19850119002129A: Cessna 182Q, Abilene, TX, January 19, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 19, 1985, 18:45 local time
- Place: Abilene, TX
- Airport: Abilene Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.2957° N, 99.6747° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2957&lon=-99.6747&mi=10
- Aircraft: N735QN, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N735QN-2014-11-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182Q (registry code 2072732, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- Reported engine: CONT O470U
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 464 total, 24 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW85LA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85LA098) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850119002129A

## Narrative

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

DESCENDED TOO LOW ON INITIAL APPROACH SEGMENT, IMPACTED GROUND. TURBULENCE PROBABLY CAUSED INATTENTION TO ALTITUDE.

## 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 FTW85LA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85LA098), Jan 20, 1985: Cessna 182Q (N735QN), Abilene, TX, destroyed

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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