# Accident 19850614025479A: Cessna 152, Sunspot, NM, June 14, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 14, 1985, 08:55 local time
- Place: Sunspot, NM
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7803° N, 105.7999° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7803&lon=-105.7999&mi=10
- Aircraft: N47822 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 282 total, 12 in this make and model, 48 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN85LA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN85LA163) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850614025479A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT COULD NOT CLIMB OVER RIDGE LINE OR DO A 360 IN VALLEY. STALLED INTO RELATIVELY LEVEL AREA OF ROUGH TERRAIN

## 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 DEN85LA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN85LA163), Jun 14, 1985: Cessna 152 (N47822), Sunspot, NM, 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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