# Accident 19910107000699A: Cessna 172D, NC, January 7, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 7, 1991, 17:21 local time
- Place: NC
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N2165Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2165Y-1992-05-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172D (registry code 2072410, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- Reported engine: CONT O300A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 319 total, 238 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL91FAMS1](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL91FAMS1) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910107000699A

## Narrative

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

DEPARTED IN DETERIORATING WEATHER. CONTACTED ATC. IN IMC NEEDED HELP. LAST CONTACT OVER OCEAN OFF SOUTHPORT NC.

## 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 ATL91FAMS1](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL91FAMS1), Jan 7, 1991: Cessna 172D (N2165Y), Missing (Atlantic Ocean), destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S CONTINUATION OF VISUAL FLIGHT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS WHICH RESULTED IN SPATIAL DISORIENTATION AND A LOSS OF AIRCRAFT CONTROL. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: THE…

## Other reports on N2165Y (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19740811027929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740811027929A), Aug 11, 1974: Cessna 172D (N2165Y), Montauk, NY, Substantial damage. Otr acft taxied onto rwy. Plt steered N2165Y l to rwy edge,wingtip caught bushes,rolled into ditch.

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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