# Accident 19850809037759A: Cessna 172RG, Cedar Key, FL, August 9, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 1985, 21:50 local time
- Place: Cedar Key, FL
- Airport: Cedar Key
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.1408° N, 83.0297° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1408&lon=-83.0297&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6419R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6419R-1989-03-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172RG (registry code 2072438, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172RG
- Reported engine: LYC O360F1A6
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 126 total, 11 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA85FA227](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85FA227) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850809037759A

## Narrative

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

OVERFLEW AIRPORT TO ALERT TAXI DRIVER. IMPACTED GULF WATERS WHILE CIRCLING AT NIGHT. FLYING WHILE INTOXICATED.

## 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 MIA85FA227](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85FA227), Aug 10, 1985: Cessna 172RG (N6419R), Cedar Key, FL, 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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