# Accident 19850512016479A: Cessna R182, Odessa, TX, May 12, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 1985, 21:05 local time
- Place: Odessa, TX
- Airport: Schlemeyer
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.8006° N, 102.4694° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8006&lon=-102.4694&mi=10
- Aircraft: N737ZL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R182
- Reported engine: LYC O540J3C5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 0 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW85FA220](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85FA220) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850512016479A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK STATIC CABLES 100 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL.  WITNESSES SAY AIRCRAFT HAD NO DIFFICULTIES PRIOR TO IMPACT.

## 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 FTW85FA220](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85FA220), May 13, 1985: Cessna 182RG (N737ZL), Odessa, TX, 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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