# Accident 19740404011029A: Cessna 182A, Seneca, SC, April 4, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 4, 1974
- Place: Seneca, SC
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 34.6810° N, 82.9658° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Seneca, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6810&lon=-82.9658&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6044B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6044B-1974-06-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182A (registry code 2072704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 27 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA74AM084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74AM084) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740404011029A

## Narrative

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

CHOSE TO CONTINUE DESPITE LO CLGS AHEAD.PLT TIME FM MED RECORDS.

## 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 MIA74AM084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74AM084), Apr 4, 1974: Cessna 182A (N6044B), Seneca, SC, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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