# Accident 19750918034129A: Cessna 182P, Porterville, CA, September 18, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 1975
- Place: Porterville, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 36.0635° N, 119.0336° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Porterville, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0635&lon=-119.0336&mi=10
- Aircraft: N58683, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N58683-1975-12-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182P (registry code 2075816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 2,228 total, 600 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK75AP010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK75AP010) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750918034129A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO OBSCURED MTN CANYON.

## 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 OAK75AP010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK75AP010), Sep 18, 1975: Cessna 182 (N58683), Porterville, CA, destroyed, 3 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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