# Accident 19790405006469A: Cessna 195, Ojai, CA, April 5, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 5, 1979, 11:20 local time
- Place: Ojai, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4492° N, 119.2467° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ojai, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4492&lon=-119.2467&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4321V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4321V-1981-05-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 195 (registry code 2073102, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-195) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 195
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 983 total, 405 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX79DUQ27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79DUQ27) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790405006469A

## Narrative

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

C.A.P. SEARCH MISSION AIRCRAFT CAUGHT IN DOWNDRAFT. CRASHED IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN.

## 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 LAX79DUQ27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79DUQ27), Apr 5, 1979: Cessna 195 (N4321V), Ojai, 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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