# Accident 19780727020819A: Cessna 182J, Middlegate, NV, July 27, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 1978
- Place: Middlegate, NV
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 39.2877° N, 118.0265° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Middlegate, NV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2877&lon=-118.0265&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3511F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3511F-1980-11-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182J (registry code 2072722, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182J
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,110 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK78FXQ39](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78FXQ39) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780727020819A

## Narrative

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

CRASHED DURING AERIAL INSPECTION OF MINING AREA.

## 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 OAK78FXQ39](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78FXQ39), Jul 27, 1978: Cessna 182 (N3511F), Middlegate, NV, destroyed

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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