# NTSB investigations: Cessna 172B, 1985

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB FTW86FA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW86FA027.md): Cessna 172B · Caddo Mills, TX · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Dec 28, 1985 · N6876X · 2 aircraft · Destroyed
  > Mid-air occurred at uncontrolled arpt with the S-2B executing rt traffic, as published, and the C-172 executing a long final or an arcing lft turn to final. Both acft were attempting to land on rwy 17R. Acdt occurred during late afternoon and there was…
- [NTSB SEA86LA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA86LA005.md): Cessna 172 · Medford, OR · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 6, 1985 · N7798X · Destroyed
  > The acft collided with rocky terrain during an attempted forced landing following a loss of pwr. A witness reported seeing the acft in a steep descending left turn at an alt of aprx 100 ft AGL. The descent continued until the left wing contacted the terrain.…
- [NTSB MIA85LA218](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85LA218.md): Cessna 172 · Lawtey, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 25, 1985 · N8151X · Destroyed
  > The acft had not been flown for two years. During the preflt inspecton, the fuel sumps were drained repeatedly & each time, a quantity of water was observed in the collected fuel sample. Aprx 30 mins after takeoff, the eng failed & a forced landing was…
- [NTSB SEA85LA143](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA85LA143.md): Cessna 172B · Imbler, OR · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 22, 1985 · N6987X · Substantial damage
  > During takeoff from a field (off arpt), the acft failed to clear a fence. The pilot then attempted to abort the takeoff, but the acft hit a bale of hay & nosed over. The plt's last medical certificate was dated 9/2/82.
- [NTSB MIA85FLD01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85FLD01.md): Cessna 172B · Brooksville, FL · Accident · Serious injuries · Final report · Apr 24, 1985 · N7846X · Substantial damage
  > According to a plt statement, he entered the traffic pattern at about 800 ft & held 70 mph with 10 deg of flaps & the carb heat on. After turning onto final apch, he advanced the throttle for a power adjustment, but the eng did not respond. Subsequently, the…
- [NTSB SEA85FA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA85FA082.md): Cessna 172B · Smith, NV · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Apr 3, 1985 · N6923X · Destroyed
  > According to witnesses, the plt made multiple passes over his residence at low alt. The witnesses observed the acft in various maneuvers at low alt. One maneuver was described as a pull-up from about 100 ft to aprx 600 ft, where the acft went into a wingover…
- [NTSB FTW85LA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85LA103.md): Cessna 172B · Coushatta, LA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 25, 1985 · N7718X · Substantial damage
  > The acft was on its 1st flt following maintenance for a previous nose gear shimmy problem. When the student made his 1st attempt to land, he noticed that the nose gear seemed to be cocked, so he aborted the landing. On the 2nd attempt, the acft swerved to the…

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE year(c."eventDate") = 1985
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('2072406'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=2072406&year=1985

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