# Accident 19771227038599A: Cessna 182A, El Cajon, CA, December 27, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 1977
- Place: El Cajon, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 32.8017° N, 116.9605° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of El Cajon, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8017&lon=-116.9605&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3979D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3979D-1981-09-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182A (registry code 2072704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 360 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX78FA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78FA016) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19771227038599A

## Narrative

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

FSS SAID VFR FLT NOT RECOMMENDED. FLEW INTO MTN. RECOVERY DATE 12/29/77.

## 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 LAX78FA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78FA016), Dec 27, 1977: Cessna 182A (N3979D), El Cajon, 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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