# Accident 19781202036329A: Cessna 182H, Truckee, CA, December 2, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 2, 1978
- Place: Truckee, CA
- Airport: Truckee-Tahoe
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 39.3201° N, 120.1396° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TRUCKEE-TAHOE (TRK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3201&lon=-120.1396&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8981G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8981G-1995-04-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182N (registry code 2072730, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182H
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 783 total, 783 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK79FXQ05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79FXQ05) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781202036329A

## 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 OAK79FXQ05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79FXQ05), Dec 2, 1978: Cessna 182N (N8981G), Truckee, 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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