# Accident 19780107006699A: Cessna 182F, Sells, AZ, January 7, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 7, 1978
- Place: Sells, AZ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 31.9209° N, 111.8709° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sells, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.9209&lon=-111.8709&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3117U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3117U-2012-09-25) (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 182F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 109 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX78FA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78FA020) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780107006699A

## Narrative

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

PLT HAD NOT FLOWN AT NIGHT AS PIC.HE WOULD USUALLY LAND BEFORE DASS & CONTINUE NEXT DAY.

## 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 LAX78FA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78FA020), Jan 7, 1978: Cessna 182F (N3117U), Sells, AZ, destroyed, 2 fatal

## Other reports on N3117U (1)

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

- [Accident 19810507025019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810507025019A), May 7, 1981: Cessna 182P (N3117U), Monument Valley, UT, Destroyed. Too slow on final, stalled, impacted embankment short of runway. Possible moderate downdraft in area.

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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