# Accident 19760910037059A: Cessna 177RG, Mt.Tallac, CA, September 10, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 10, 1976
- Place: Mt.Tallac, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Aircraft: N1531H (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177RG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK76AP068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76AP068) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760910037059A

## Narrative

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

VORTAC HEADING TO ARPT 115 DEG. NR 2 OMNI SET ON 135 DEG. HIT OBSCURED MTN SLOPE.

## 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 OAK76AP068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76AP068), Sep 10, 1976: Cessna 177RG (N1531H), Mt.Tallac, CA, destroyed, 3 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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