# Accident 19740817035579A: Cessna 182L, San Antonio, TX, August 17, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 1974
- Place: San Antonio, TX
- Airport: Yates Ranch
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 29.4241° N, 98.4936° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Antonio, TX, within about 13 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.4241&lon=-98.4936&mi=10
- Aircraft: N42791, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N42791-1974-12-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182L (registry code 2072726, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 140 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW75AF008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW75AF008) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740817035579A

## Narrative

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

PLT SUFFERED HEART ATTACK AT UNDET TIME.PAX NOT AERO QUAL.

## 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 FTW75AF008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW75AF008), Aug 17, 1974: Cessna 182L (N42791), San Antonio, TX, destroyed, 2 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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