# Accident 19761104042181A: Cessna 172M, Terminal Islnd, CA, November 4, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 4, 1976
- Place: Terminal Islnd, CA
- Airport: Long Beach
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 33.8179° N, 118.1519° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LONG BEACH (DAUGHERTY FLD) (LGB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8179&lon=-118.1519&mi=10
- Aircraft: N20140, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N20140-1977-07-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 950 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX77FA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX77FA007) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761104042181A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N51139, Cessna 150J: [Accident 19761104042182A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761104042182A)

## 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 LAX77FA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX77FA007), Nov 4, 1976: Cessna 172 (N20140), Terminal Islnd, CA, destroyed, 2 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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