# Accident 19850303004969A: Piper PA23, Cedar Rapids, IA, March 3, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 3, 1985, 11:13 local time
- Place: Cedar Rapids, IA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.0083° N, 91.6441° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cedar Rapids, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0083&lon=-91.6441&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1241P (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23
- Reported engine: LYC O320B3B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 4,200 total, 960 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC85FA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85FA066) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850303004969A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 MKC85FA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85FA066), Mar 3, 1985: Piper PA-23 (N1241P), Cedar Rapids, IA, destroyed, 3 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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