# Accident 19760523013119A: Cessna 180, Big Bear City, CA, May 23, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 1976
- Place: Big Bear City, CA
- Airport: Big Bear
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 34.2638° N, 116.8560° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BIG BEAR CITY (L35), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2638&lon=-116.8560&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7742A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7742A-2017-02-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180 (registry code 2072602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 499 total, 111 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX76DUG55](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76DUG55) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760523013119A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 LAX76DUG55](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76DUG55), May 23, 1976: Cessna 180 (N7742A), Big Bear City, CA, substantial damage

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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