# Accident 19850519018149A: Cessna 172, Santa Nella, CA, May 19, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 19, 1985, 09:45 local time
- Place: Santa Nella, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.1012° N, 121.0157° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Nella, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.1012&lon=-121.0157&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5982A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5982A-2013-02-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Reported engine: CONT O300A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 35 total, 35 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX85FVA02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85FVA02) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850519018149A

## Narrative

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

SOLO STUDENT CIRCLING FARM COLLIDED WITH GROUND.

## 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 LAX85FVA02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85FVA02), May 19, 1985: Cessna 172 (N5982A), Santa Nella, CA, destroyed

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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