# Accident 19760410012519A: Cessna 172A, Planada, CA, April 10, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 10, 1976
- Place: Planada, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 37.2902° N, 120.3216° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Planada, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2902&lon=-120.3216&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7705T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7705T-1976-07-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172A (registry code 2072404, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,047 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK76FP050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76FP050) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760410012519A

## Narrative

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

RECOVERY DATE 4/11/76.

## 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 OAK76FP050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76FP050), Apr 10, 1976: Cessna 172A (N7705T), Planada, 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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