# Accident 19761231041849A: Cessna 182P, Santa Rosa, NM, December 31, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 31, 1976
- Place: Santa Rosa, NM
- Airport: Santa Rosa Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 34.9361° N, 104.6750° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Rosa, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9361&lon=-104.6750&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8338M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8338M-1977-04-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182P (registry code 2075816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 215 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN77FA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN77FA016) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761231041849A

## Narrative

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

THREE ORANGE SPHERES ON POWERLINE 1300 FT EAST OF ARPT.VASI INSTALLED.

## 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 DEN77FA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN77FA016), Dec 31, 1976: Cessna 182P (N8338M), Santa Rosa, NM, destroyed, 3 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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