# NTSB investigations: Cessna 182, 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 NYC86LA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86LA036.md): Cessna C182 · Gardiner, NY · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 17, 1985 · N5634B · Substantial damage
  > The acft contacted power lines on final apch and descended uncontrolled to ground impact. The plt reported that turbulence was encountered when he entered the traffic pattern. He then proceeded onto final apch at a 'normal altitude'and full flaps were added.…
- [NTSB DEN85FA203](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN85FA203.md): Cessna C-182 · La Salle, CO · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 30, 1985 · N5642B · Destroyed
  > The plt and his girlfriend t/o from a pvt airfield north of denver co in a C182 in heavy fog conditions. The pilot was not inst rated. Shortly after t/o the aircraft hit the ground and was destroyed. Both occupants rec'd fatal injuries.
- [NTSB LAX85LA313](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85LA313.md): Cessna 182 · Sawmill, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 11, 1985 · N5706B · Substantial damage
  > During the plt's preflight inspection of his acft, he removed the fuel caps to examine the quantity of fuel in the acft's tanks. Thereafter, he failed to securely refasten the caps. At 0700 MST the plt & his 2 pax departed for a planned flt from AZ to co. 56…
- [NTSB NYC85LA113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85LA113.md): Cessna 182 · Pittstown, NJ · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 28, 1985 · N5685B · Substantial damage
  > The plt reported that he preflighted the acft & decided there was sufficient fuel to haul skydivers on 2 more flts. On the 2nd flt, he had to make three passes instead of one. During the apch to the arpt, the eng lost power from fuel exhaustion. The plt tried…
- [NTSB SEA85LA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA85LA087.md): Cessna 182 · Walla Walla, WA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 3, 1985 · N5438B · Substantial damage
  > During taxi from landing a gust of wind pushed the acft from behind onto soft ground where it nosed over.
- [NTSB ATL85FA113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL85FA113.md): Cessna 182 · Le Banon, VA · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Mar 8, 1985 · N5430B · Destroyed
  > The acft impacted trees and came to rest 400 ft downslope from the top of clinch mountain. The non-instrument rated plt departed sprinfield, MO, with a ceiling of aprx 300-400 ft AGL. The plt then landed at cookeville, TN, where he received a wx briefing and…
- [NTSB BFO85FA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO85FA023.md): Cessna 182 · Frederick, MD · Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Mar 4, 1985 · N6388A · Destroyed
  > During cruise flt at 7500 ft the RPM started to decrease until the plt stated that 'it was just like you ran out of gas.' The acft collided with a wooden pwrline pole during the night forced lndg and came to rest inverted. Investigation revealed about 20…

## 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 ('2072702'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

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