# Accident 19870801040279A: Cessna 182Q, Sparta, NJ, August 1, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 1987, 14:10 local time
- Place: Sparta, NJ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0334° N, 74.6385° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sparta, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0334&lon=-74.6385&mi=10
- Aircraft: N735DS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N735DS-2013-05-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182Q (registry code 2072732, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- Reported engine: CONT O470U
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC87FA215](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87FA215) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870801040279A

## Narrative

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

OBSERVED NEAR POWERLINE. ROLLOVER AND CRASH. ALCOHOL AND MEDICAL DRUG IN SYSTEM. NO MECHANICAL ANOMALIES.

## 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 NYC87FA215](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87FA215), Aug 1, 1987: Cessna 182Q (N735DS), Sparta, NJ, destroyed, 4 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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