# Accident 19761012032559A: Cessna 320, Oxnard, CA, October 12, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 12, 1976
- Place: Oxnard, CA
- Airport: Ventura County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 34.1994° N, 119.2075° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oxnard, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1994&lon=-119.2075&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5740X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5740X-1981-05-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 320 (registry code 2074502, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-320) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 320
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,249 total, 282 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX77FUQ01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX77FUQ01) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761012032559A

## Narrative

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

ATTMPTD VISUAL APCH IN BLO MIN COND.

## 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 LAX77FUQ01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX77FUQ01), Oct 12, 1976: Cessna 320 (N5740X), Oxnard, 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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