# Accident 19780821031949A: Cessna 182H, Eureka, CA, August 21, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 1978
- Place: Eureka, CA
- Airport: Murray
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- 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: N759LZ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N759LZ-1982-08-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182Q (registry code 2072732, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182H
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 760 total, 50 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK78FA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78FA044) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780821031949A

## Narrative

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

VFR FLT NOT RECOMMENDED BY FSS.

## 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 OAK78FA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78FA044), Aug 21, 1978: Cessna 182Q (N759LZ), Eureka, CA, destroyed, 1 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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