# Accident 19760502010229A: Cessna 172M, Mecca, CA, May 2, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 1976
- Place: Mecca, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 33.5765° N, 116.0647° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mecca, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5765&lon=-116.0647&mi=10
- Aircraft: N64156, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N64156-1992-08-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 0 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX76DUG49](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76DUG49) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760502010229A

## Narrative

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

HIT PWR LINES 35FT AGL.

## 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 LAX76DUG49](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76DUG49), May 2, 1976: Cessna 172 (N64156), Mecca, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N64156 (1)

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

- [Accident 19920422010629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920422010629A), Apr 22, 1992: Cessna 172M (N64156), Shaw Island, WA, Substantial damage, 1 fatal. Tried to land downwind on short strip. Unable. Began go around. Stalled into trees. Flaps were down. Carb heat on.

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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