# Accident 19761023033419A: Cessna 180, Santa Paula, CA, October 23, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 23, 1976
- Place: Santa Paula, CA
- Airport: Santa Paula
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Location: 34.3470° N, 119.0616° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANTA PAULA (SZP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3470&lon=-119.0616&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4551B (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,020 total, 1,090 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX77DUQ04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX77DUQ04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761023033419A

## Narrative

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

CARB MAINT PERFORMED 8HRS PRIOR.

## 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 LAX77DUQ04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX77DUQ04), Oct 23, 1976: Cessna 180 (N4551B), Santa Paula, 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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