# Accident 19850523077909A: Cessna 172N, Remote, OR, May 23, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 1985, 14:30 local time
- Place: Remote, OR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Scud Running
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.0059° N, 123.8926° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Remote, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0059&lon=-123.8926&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4871G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4871G-1996-10-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O320H2AD
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 51 total, 9 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA85FA233](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA85FA233) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850523077909A

## Narrative

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

VFR NOT ADVISED, DEPARTED,FLEW INTO CLOUD-OBSCURED TREES IN A MOUNTAIN PASS. WRECKAGE FOUND 5 YEARS LATER.

## 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 SEA85FA233](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA85FA233), May 23, 1985: Cessna 172N (N4871G), Remote, OR, 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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