# Accident 19730905028449A: Cessna 182H, Valparaiso, IN, September 5, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 1973
- Place: Valparaiso, IN
- Airport: Porter County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 41.4540° N, 87.0071° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PORTER COUNTY RGNL (VPZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4540&lon=-87.0071&mi=10
- Aircraft: N58509, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N58509-1973-11-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182P (registry code 2075816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182H
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,615 total, 41 in this make and model, 68 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI74FET08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74FET08) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730905028449A

## Narrative

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

PLT USING LOC FOR GUIDANCE LOOKING FOR RWY THRU BKN CLDS.HIT BOTTOM WIRE OF HI VOLTAGE LINE.

## 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 CHI74FET08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74FET08), Sep 5, 1973: Cessna 182P (N58509), Valparaiso, IN, destroyed

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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