# Accident 19770907037789A: Cessna 182P, San Onofre, CA, September 7, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 1977
- Place: San Onofre, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Location: 33.3811° N, 117.5731° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Onofre, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3811&lon=-117.5731&mi=10
- Aircraft: N52477, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N52477-2012-08-14) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX77FA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX77FA072) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770907037789A

## Narrative

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

PLTS BODY & C-182 PARTS FOUND 1 MI OFF SHORE. PAX BODY NOT RECOVERED.

## 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 LAX77FA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX77FA072), Sep 7, 1977: Cessna 182P (N52477), San Onofre, 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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