# Accident 19790109000599A: Cessna 182Q, Truckee, CA, January 9, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 9, 1979, 21:40 local time
- Place: Truckee, CA
- Airport: Truckee Tahoe
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- 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: N759YF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N759YF-2013-05-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182Q (registry code 2072732, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 174 total, 36 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK79FA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79FA014) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790109000599A

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED AIRPORT IN THICK FOG. FLEW AIRCRAFT INTO TREES 1 MILE FROM TAKEOFF.

## 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 OAK79FA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79FA014), Jan 9, 1979: Cessna 182Q (N759YF), Truckee, CA, destroyed, 3 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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