# NTSB NYC82DNA09: Cessna 172N, N733PF, Nantucket, MA, December 8, 1981

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: December 8, 1981
- Place: Nantucket, MA · NANTUCKET, MA
- Location: 41.2714° N, 70.0959° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Nantucket, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2714&lon=-70.0959&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report April 19, 1982
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 122567
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC82DNA09
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82DNA09

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3514   81/12/8   NANTUCKET,MA        CESSNA 172N         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 54, 1283
        TIME - 1730                    N733PF              PX-  1  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 933 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - NANTUCKET MEML
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          HYANNIS,MA                  NANTUCKET,MA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDETERMINED                                             LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        REMARKS- RDO/RADAR CTC LOST AFT CLRD FOR ILS LOC BC APCH,FRQ CHG.CRASHED IN WTR.PAX FND,PLT INJURY PRESUMED
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N733PF](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N733PF-1982-09-30), registration cancelled 1982-09-30, S/N 172-68437 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Registry model: [Cessna 172](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (registry code 2072402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Nantucket Meml

## 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 19811208084599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811208084599A), Dec 8, 1981: Cessna 172N, Nantucket, MA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Crashed into ocean on final. Dark night, fatigued pilot. Possible spatial disorientation. Airplane, pilot missing.

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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