# Accident 19780407006009A: Cessna 182J, Eureka, CA, April 7, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 1978
- Place: Eureka, CA
- Airport: Murray Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Location: 40.8034° N, 124.1128° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MURRAY FLD (EKA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8034&lon=-124.1128&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2747F (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182J
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 595 total, 229 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK78DVD27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78DVD27) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780407006009A

## Narrative

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

HAND PROPPING.MAGS WERE ON.HIT HANGAR.

## 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 OAK78DVD27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78DVD27), Apr 7, 1978: Cessna 182 (N2747F), Eureka, CA, substantial damage

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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