# Accident 19751025034339A: Cessna 182H, Visalia, CA, October 25, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 1975
- Place: Visalia, CA
- Airport: Visalia
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 36.3186° N, 119.3929° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VISALIA MUNI (VIS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3186&lon=-119.3929&mi=10
- Aircraft: N444CM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N444CM-1975-12-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182P (registry code 2075816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182H
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 278 total, 55 in this make and model, 92 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK76FP020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76FP020) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19751025034339A

## Narrative

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

HIT TREE 65FT AGL. PLT BLOOD ALCOHOL LVL 0.16PCT

## 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 OAK76FP020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76FP020), Oct 25, 1975: Cessna 182P (N444CM), Visalia, CA, 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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