# Accident 19780509024459A: Cessna 182C, Simmler, CA, May 9, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 1978
- Place: Simmler, CA
- Airport: Becks Ranch
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 35.3514° N, 119.9871° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Simmler, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3514&lon=-119.9871&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8993T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8993T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182C (registry code 2072708, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 195 total, 90 in this make and model, 41 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX78DVM23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78DVM23) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780509024459A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 LAX78DVM23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78DVM23), May 9, 1978: Cessna 182C (N8993T), Simmler, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8993T (1)

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

- [Incident 19890325023349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890325023349I), Mar 25, 1989: Cessna 182C (N8993T), Wamego, KS, 1 fatal. Sky divers chute did not inflate. Entered spin. Reserve deployed too low to be effective. Pilot flying for hire.

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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