# Accident 19871219081899A: Cessna 172I, Givate, Puerto Rico, December 19, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 19, 1987, 10:30 local time
- Place: Givate, Puerto Rico
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N5123G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5123G-1988-12-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172I (registry code 2072426, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172i) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172I
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 135 in this make and model, 41 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA88LA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88LA065) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871219081899A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO IFR CONDITIONS IN MOUNTAINS. TRIED TO VISUALLY FOLLOW A ROAD. HIT TREES AND IMPACTED THE GROUND.

## 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 MIA88LA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88LA065), Dec 19, 1987: Cessna 172 (N5123G), Guvate, PR, 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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