# Accident 19870802040749A: Cessna STC172, Pahrump, NV, August 2, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 1987, 08:45 local time
- Place: Pahrump, NV
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.2083° N, 115.9839° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pahrump, NV, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2083&lon=-115.9839&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8696B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8696B-2013-05-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA STC172
- Reported engine: CONT O300A
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA87FA152](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA87FA152) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870802040749A

## Narrative

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

AUTOPSY INDICATES PILOT SUFFERED A HEART SEIZURE EN ROUTE. LOST CONTROL AND CRASHED.NEAR VERTICAL IMPACT AND BURNED

## 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 SEA87FA152](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA87FA152), Aug 2, 1987: Cessna 172 (N8696B), Pahrump, NV, 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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