# Accident 19790506009179A: Cessna 182Q, Lake Arrowhead, CA, May 6, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 1979, 13:20 local time
- Place: Lake Arrowhead, CA
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2540° N, 117.1781° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lake Arrowhead, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2540&lon=-117.1781&mi=10
- Aircraft: N95755, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N95755-1983-05-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182Q (registry code 2072732, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 66 total, 15 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX79FUG34](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79FUG34) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790506009179A

## Narrative

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

WITNESSES OBSERVED THE ACFT STALL AT ABOUT 50 FEET IN THE AIR AND SPIN TO THE GROUND.

## 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 LAX79FUG34](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79FUG34), May 6, 1979: Cessna 182 (N95755), Lake Arrowhead, CA, substantial damage

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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