# Accident 19770811038639A: Cessna 182P, Austin, TX, August 11, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 11, 1977
- Place: Austin, TX
- Airport: Robert Mueler
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 30.2672° N, 97.7431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Austin, TX, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2672&lon=-97.7431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N52358, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N52358-1980-12-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182P (registry code 2075816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 204 total, 0 in this make and model, 77 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW77FA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW77FA067) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770811038639A

## Narrative

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

ELT COAXIAL CONNECTOR DISCONNECTED FROM ELT & SHORTED TO BATTERY SOLENOID.

## 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 FTW77FA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW77FA067), Aug 11, 1977: Cessna 182P (N52358), Austin, TX, destroyed, 1 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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