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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA23 · Cedar Rapids, IA · March 3, 1985

Date
March 3, 1985 · 11:13 local
Place
Cedar Rapids, IA
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
In Traffic Pattern-Circling
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N1241P
NTSB investigation
NTSBMKC85FA066
Reported as
Piper PA23
Reported engine
Lycoming O320B3B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
4,200 total960 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Windshield iced up. Engine quit and pilot could not maintain altitude. Icing forecast for area.

As the FAA filed it

WINDSHIELD ICED UP. ENGINE QUIT AND PILOT COULD NOT MAINTAIN ALTITUDE. ICING FORECAST FOR AREA.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.