# Accident 19790415025729A: Cessna 182K, Shoshane, NV, April 15, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 15, 1979, 19:20 local time
- Place: Shoshane, NV
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N3078Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3078Q-2011-08-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182K (registry code 2072724, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 110 total, 62 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX79FA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79FA042) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790415025729A

## Narrative

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

ACFT IMPACTED LEVEL DESERT TERRAIN IN DESCENDING SPIRAL ON NIGHT CROSSCOUNTRY FLIGHT. FACT, NO GROUND LIGHTS.

## 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 LAX79FA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79FA042), Apr 15, 1979: Cessna 182K (N3078Q), Shoshone, CA, destroyed, 2 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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