# Accident 19760306006939A: Cessna 182, San Ysidro, NM, March 6, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 6, 1976
- Place: San Ysidro, NM
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 35.5606° N, 106.7735° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Ysidro, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5606&lon=-106.7735&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5537B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5537B-1976-05-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182 (registry code 2072702, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 215 total, 60 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN76AD039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN76AD039) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760306006939A

## Narrative

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

RECOVERY DATE 3/7/76. SPARSELY LTD TERRAIN IN AREA.

## 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 DEN76AD039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN76AD039), Mar 6, 1976: Cessna 182 (N5537B), San Ysidro, NM, 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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