# Accident 19760730031069A: Cessna 182P, Independence, CA, July 30, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 1976
- Place: Independence, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 36.8303° N, 118.2079° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Independence, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8303&lon=-118.2079&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4652K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4652K-1976-11-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182P (registry code 2075816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 289 total, 0 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK76AP064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76AP064) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760730031069A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO OBSCURED MTN SLOPE. RECOVERY DATE 8/11/76.

## 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 OAK76AP064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76AP064), Jul 30, 1976: Cessna 182P (N4652K), Independence, CA, destroyed, 4 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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