# Accident 19750123001649A: Cessna 182L, Slaton, TX, January 23, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 23, 1975
- Place: Slaton, TX
- Airport: Slaton Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 33.4848° N, 101.6610° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Slaton Municipal Airport (F49), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4848&lon=-101.6610&mi=10
- Aircraft: N42337, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N42337-1976-05-21) (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: 561 total, 61 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW75AF050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW75AF050) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750123001649A

## Narrative

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

LOW CLG,DARK NITE.SPARSELY LTD TERRAIN.

## 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 FTW75AF050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW75AF050), Jan 23, 1975: Cessna 182L (N42337), Slaton, 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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