# Accident 19780322010209A: Cessna 207A, Riverside, CA, March 22, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 22, 1978
- Place: Riverside, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 33.9533° N, 117.3961° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Riverside, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9533&lon=-117.3961&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7354U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7354U-1979-03-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 207A (registry code 2073604, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-207a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 207A
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 5
- Pilot flight hours: 6,300 total, 30 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX78FA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78FA037) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780322010209A

## Narrative

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

VFR FLT PLAN FILED BUT NOT OPENED.

## 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 LAX78FA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78FA037), Mar 22, 1978: Cessna T207A (N7354U), Riverside, CA, destroyed, 6 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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