# Accident 19760331013319A: Cessna 172D, San Onofre, CA, March 31, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 31, 1976
- Place: San Onofre, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 33.3811° N, 117.5731° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Onofre, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3811&lon=-117.5731&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1631V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1631V-1976-07-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 3,930 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX76AL066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76AL066) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760331013319A

## Narrative

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

SOURCE OF COCKPIT FIRE UNDETERMINED. CRASHED & SANK ABT 400 YDS FRM BEACH.

## 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 LAX76AL066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76AL066), Mar 31, 1976: Cessna 172M (N1631V), San Onofre, 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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