# Accident 19851228066861A: Cessna 172B, Caddo Mills, TX, December 28, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 28, 1985, 16:00 local time
- Place: Caddo Mills, TX
- Airport: Caddo Mills Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.0507° N, 96.2443° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0507&lon=-96.2443&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6876X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6876X-1995-03-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172B (registry code 2072406, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172B
- Reported engine: CONT O300D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 725 total, 90 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW86FA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW86FA027) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851228066861A

## Narrative

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

INDICATES THIS AIRCRAFT MADE A STRAIGHT IN APPROACH COLLIDING WITH N5305A THAT WAS TURNING FINAL. NEITHER SAW OTHER

## Other aircraft in the event

- N5305A, Child S2BPITTS: [Accident 19851228066862A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851228066862A)

## 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 FTW86FA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW86FA027), Dec 28, 1985: Cessna 172B (N6876X), Caddo Mills, 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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