19850418016169A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 172P · Santa Fe, NM · April 18, 1985

Date
April 18, 1985 · 22:00 local
Place
Santa Fe, NM
Airport
Santa Fe
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N52457
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN85FA118
Reported as
Cessna 172P
Reported engine
Lycoming O320D2J
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
0 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.

Neither person was a pilot when they took an airplane for ride at night. Both occupants were intoxicated.

As the FAA filed it

NEITHER PERSON WAS A PILOT WHEN THEY TOOK AN AIRPLANE FOR RIDE AT NIGHT. BOTH OCCUPANTS WERE INTOXICATED.

NTSB investigation

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