# Accident 19750515029712A: Cessna 182D, Selawik, AK, May 15, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 1975
- Place: Selawik, AK
- Airport: Selawik
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 66.6001° N, 159.9857° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SELAWIK (WLK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=66.6001&lon=-159.9857&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8718X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8718X-2018-04-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182D (registry code 2072710, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,017 total, 28 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC75AA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC75AA083) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750515029712A

## Narrative

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

C-182 OVERTOOK PA-18. UNCONTROLLED ARPT.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N9908D, Piper PA18150: [Accident 19750515029711A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750515029711A)

## 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 ANC75AA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC75AA083), May 15, 1975: Cessna 182 (N8718X), Selawik, AK, minor damage

## Other reports on N8718X (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20161015016639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161015016639A), Oct 15, 2016: Cessna 182D (N8718X), South Lake Taho, CA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. On October 15, 2016, at 1552 pacific daylight time a Cessna 182D, N8718X, struck the eastern face of red peak mountain, in the desolation wilderness near south…
- [Incident 19780724039209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780724039209I), Jul 24, 1978: Cessna 182 (N8718X), Sierraville, CA, Minor damage. Pilot hear loud noise, followed by extreme vibration. Shut fuel off, made airport landing. Hole in intake manifold.

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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