# Accident 19760626017549A: Cessna 172F, Orange Cove, CA, June 26, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 26, 1976
- Place: Orange Cove, CA
- Airport: Orange Cove
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 36.6214° N, 119.3187° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Orange Cove, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6214&lon=-119.3187&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5231Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5231Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172F (registry code 2072414, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300-D (registry code 17176, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172F
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 203 total, 77 in this make and model, 48 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK76DVA74](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76DVA74) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760626017549A

## Narrative

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

ACFT CROSSED A DITCH THEN CONT INTO AN ORANGE GROVE.

## 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 OAK76DVA74](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76DVA74), Jun 26, 1976: Cessna 172 (N5231Q), Orange Cove, CA, destroyed

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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