# Accident 19740527018579A: Cessna 185C, Watsonville, CA, May 27, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 1974
- Place: Watsonville, CA
- Airport: Watsonville Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 36.9357° N, 121.7896° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WATSONVILLE MUNI (WVI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9357&lon=-121.7896&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2664Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2664Z-1991-03-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 185C (registry code 2072808, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-185c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 185C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 218 total, 0 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK74DVM30](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74DVM30) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740527018579A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 OAK74DVM30](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74DVM30), May 27, 1974: Cessna 185C (N2664Z), Watsonville, CA, substantial damage

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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