# Accident 19761209038029A: Cessna 182L, Hickory, NC, December 9, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 9, 1976
- Place: Hickory, NC
- Airport: Hickory Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Location: 35.7411° N, 81.3896° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HICKORY RGNL (HKY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7411&lon=-81.3896&mi=10
- Aircraft: N42116, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N42116-2009-10-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182L (registry code 2072726, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182L
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,736 total, 40 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD77DKM07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD77DKM07) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761209038029A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 IAD77DKM07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD77DKM07), Dec 9, 1976: Cessna 182 (N42116), Hickory, NC, substantial damage

## Other reports on N42116 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20080507836139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080507836139A), May 7, 2008: Cessna 182L (N42116), Louisville, KY, Destroyed. (-23) Aircraft departed Bowman airfield with 80 gallons of fuel on board. 10 miles out pilot reported that the engine was running rough and he was returning to…

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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