# Accident 19780415031819A: Cessna 152, Chatsworth, CA, April 15, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 15, 1978
- Place: Chatsworth, CA
- Airport: Van Nuys
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Location: 34.2098° N, 118.4900° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VAN NUYS (VNY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2098&lon=-118.4900&mi=10
- Aircraft: N24257, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N24257-1981-05-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,029 total, 57 in this make and model, 111 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX78FA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78FA042) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780415031819A

## Narrative

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

PLT HAD FLOWN ACFT ONE TIME-DAY VFR.THIS ACFT HAD NEW NAV/COM RADQUELCH & VOL CNTLS REVERSED.

## 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 LAX78FA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78FA042), Apr 15, 1978: Cessna 152 (N24257), Chatsworth, 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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