# Incident 19780724039209I: Cessna 182, Sierraville, CA, July 24, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 1978, 14:00 local time
- Place: Sierraville, CA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5822° N, 120.3621° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sierraville, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5822&lon=-120.3621&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8718X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8718X-2018-04-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182D (registry code 2072710, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,700 total, 900 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780724039209I

## Narrative

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

PILOT HEAR LOUD NOISE, FOLLOWED BY EXTREME VIBRATION. SHUT FUEL OFF, MADE AIRPORT LANDING. HOLE IN INTAKE MANIFOLD.

## Other reports on N8718X (2)

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

- [Accident 20161015016639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161015016639A), Oct 15, 2016: Cessna 182D (N8718X), South Lake Taho, CA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. On October 15, 2016, at 1552 pacific daylight time a Cessna 182D, N8718X, struck the eastern face of red peak mountain, in the desolation wilderness near south…
- [Accident 19750515029712A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750515029712A), May 15, 1975: Cessna 182D (N8718X), Selawik, AK, Substantial damage. C-182 overtook PA-18. Uncontrolled arpt.

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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