# Accident 19850318011229A: Cessna P210N, Mountain Pass, CA, March 18, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 18, 1985, 16:45 local time
- Place: Mountain Pass, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4703° N, 115.5450° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mountain Pass, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4703&lon=-115.5450&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7748K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7748K-1985-12-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna P210N (registry code 2073454, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P210N
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520P
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX85LA182](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85LA182) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850318011229A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO AREA WITH MOUNTAIN TOPS OBSCURED. IMPACTED SIDE OF MOUNTAIN. NOTAMED PRECAUTION FOR TURBULENCE AND ICING.

## 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 LAX85LA182](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85LA182), Mar 19, 1985: Cessna P210N (N7748K), Mountain Pass, 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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