# Accident 19850121000949A: Cessna A185F, Pine Valley, CA, January 21, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 21, 1985, 18:40 local time
- Place: Pine Valley, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8662° N, 116.5791° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8662&lon=-116.5791&mi=10
- Aircraft: N24BC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N24BC-2004-08-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185F (registry code 2072821, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- Reported engine: CONT IO520D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 650 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX85FA119](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85FA119) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850121000949A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS FOLLOWING ROAD THRU MOUNTAINOUS AREA ON DARK NIGHT. TURNED 270 DEGREES, CLIMBED INTO CLOUD, HIT MOUNTAIN.

## 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 LAX85FA119](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85FA119), Jan 22, 1985: Cessna A185F (N24BC), Pine Valley, CA, 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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