# Accident 19760130006239A: Cessna 182H, Mayfield, GA, January 30, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 30, 1976
- Place: Mayfield, GA
- Airport: Mayfield
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3551° N, 82.8007° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mayfield, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3551&lon=-82.8007&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3659U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3659U-1976-05-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182G (registry code 2072716, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182H
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA76AM059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76AM059) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760130006239A

## Narrative

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

WITNESS SAW ACFT ENTER VERT CLIMB FM TREETOP LYLTHEN ENTER VERT DIVE.BLOOD ALCOHOL LVL 0.198 PCT.

## 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 MIA76AM059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76AM059), Jan 30, 1976: Cessha 182 (N3659U), Mayfield, GA, 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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