# NTSB MIA81DLD14: Cessna 182Q, N735EZ, Winter Haven, FL, December 2, 1980

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: December 2, 1980
- Place: Winter Haven, FL · WINTER HAVEN, FL
- Location: 28.0222° N, 81.7329° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Winter Haven, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0222&lon=-81.7329&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 9, 1981
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 127801
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA81DLD14
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81DLD14

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3123   80/12/2   WINTER HAVEN,FL     CESSNA 182Q         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 24, 486
        TIME - 2200                    N735EZ              PX-  0  0  2  PRACTICE                  TOTAL HOURS, 24 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - GILBERT
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          LAKE WALES,FL               WINTER HAVEN,FL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N735EZ](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N735EZ-2012-10-16), registration cancelled 2012-10-16, S/N 18265378 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- Registry model: [Cessna 182Q](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (registry code 2072732) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Gilbert

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19801202074979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801202074979A), Dec 2, 1980: Cessna 182Q, Winter Haven, FL, Substantial damage. Aircraft was struck by unknown object while circling to land. Landed safely.

## Other investigations on N735EZ (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 FTW89LA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW89LA061), Mar 3, 1989: Cessna 182 (N735EZ), Robstown, TX, destroyed. Probable cause: THE PILOT DELAYED FLIGHT TO AN ALTERNATE DESTINATION, CONTINUED FLIGHT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC), EXPERIENCED SPATIAL DISORIENTATION, AND LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT.…

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.

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