# Accident 19730501010961A: Cessna 182L, Pacoima, CA, May 1, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 1, 1973
- Place: Pacoima, CA
- Airport: Whiteman
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 34.2593° N, 118.4134° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WHITEMAN (WHP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2593&lon=-118.4134&mi=10
- Aircraft: N974SR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N974SR-2000-10-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182L (registry code 2072726, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182L
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 135 total, 50 in this make and model, 42 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX73AL052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX73AL052) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730501010961A

## Narrative

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

C-182 OVERTOOK AND HIT HORIZ STAB AND ELEV OF C-150.IP ON GRND CALLED C-182 ON UNICOM TO GO AROUND

## Other aircraft in the event

- N50814, Cessna 150J: [Accident 19730501010962A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730501010962A)

## 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 LAX73AL052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX73AL052), May 1, 1973: Cessna 182 (N974SR), Pacoima, CA, minor damage

## Other reports on N974SR (1)

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

- [Accident 20000525010062A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000525010062A), May 25, 2000: Cessna 182L (N974SR), Noble, OK, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (.23) N974SR, a Cessna 182 collided in mid-air with N45973, a Cessna 152. The pilot of N974SR was on a VFR cross-country flight from norman, Oklahoma, 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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