# Accident 19780827025149A: Cessna 172D, Apple Valley, CA, August 27, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 27, 1978
- Place: Apple Valley, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 34.5008° N, 117.1859° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Apple Valley, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5008&lon=-117.1859&mi=10
- Aircraft: N739PG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N739PG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 270 total, 270 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX78DUG48](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78DUG48) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780827025149A

## Narrative

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

PICKED UP MAP WHILE DESCENDING,COLLIDED WITH MTN.

## 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 LAX78DUG48](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78DUG48), Aug 27, 1978: Cessna 172 (N739PG), Apple Valley, CA, 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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