# Accident 19730131004359A: Cessna 182P, Indepndence, CA, January 31, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 31, 1973
- Place: Indepndence, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 36.8303° N, 118.2079° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Independence, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8303&lon=-118.2079&mi=10
- Aircraft: N21177, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N21177-2017-07-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182P (registry code 2075816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,315 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 185 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK73DVA44](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK73DVA44) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730131004359A

## Narrative

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

CRASH LNDD ON MTN SIDE DUE SEVERE DWNDRAFT.

## 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 OAK73DVA44](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK73DVA44), Jan 31, 1973: Cessna 182 (N21177), Indepndence, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N21177 (1)

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

- [Accident 20091225053639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091225053639A), Dec 25, 2009: Cessna 182P (N21177), Ringgold, TX, Substantial damage. On December 25, 2009, at 0900 CST, a Cessna 182P, N21177, owned by harold d. moore, [privacy data omitted], had an accident while on a pleasure flight to…

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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