# Accident 19760415008159A: Cessna 172D, Oxnard, CA, April 15, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 15, 1976
- Place: Oxnard, CA
- Airport: Ventura County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 34.1994° N, 119.2075° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oxnard, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1994&lon=-119.2075&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9518H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9518H-1999-04-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,455 total, 240 in this make and model, 119 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX76FUQ34](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76FUQ34) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760415008159A

## Narrative

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

WEA BRIEF BY CTL TWR. GUSTING TO 50K.

## 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 LAX76FUQ34](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76FUQ34), Apr 15, 1976: Cessna 172M (N9518H), Oxnard, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9518H (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19971125042741A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971125042741A), Nov 25, 1997: Cessna 172M (N9518H), El Cajon, CA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. 9518H, while making a non-standard departure, collided with 757FT that was downwind in pattern. (.4)the solo student pilot was cleared to takeoff with…
- [Accident 19840602022019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840602022019A), Jun 2, 1984: Cessna 172M (N9518H), San Fernando, CA, Substantial damage. Pilot made hard landing and bounced causing nose wheel to collapse.
- [Incident 19781211024749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781211024749I), Dec 11, 1978: Cessna 172 (N9518H), Buckeye, AZ, Minor damage. Pilot landed at an unfamiliar airport for fuel. Exited the taxiway into a drainage ditch.

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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