# Accident 19760920035909A: Cessna 182M, Santa Barbara, CA, September 20, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 1976
- Place: Santa Barbara, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 34.4036° N, 119.7137° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Barbara, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4036&lon=-119.7137&mi=10
- Aircraft: N91620 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182M
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 343 total, 40 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX76AL095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76AL095) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760920035909A

## Narrative

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

RECOVERED ON MTN SLOPE 9/21/76.

## 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 LAX76AL095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76AL095), Sep 20, 1976: Cessna 182 (N91620), Santa Barbara, CA, destroyed, 1 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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