# Accident 19790519016549A: Cessna 182, Aguila, AZ, May 19, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 19, 1979, 09:30 local time
- Place: Aguila, AZ
- Airport: Eagle Roost
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9374° N, 113.1673° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Aguila, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9374&lon=-113.1673&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3372R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3372R-1982-07-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182L (registry code 2072726, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,885 total, 285 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX79DUJ82](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79DUJ82) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790519016549A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED THAT HE THOUGHT A THERMAL CONDITION CAUSED HIM TO LOSE CONTROL DURING LANDING WHICH CAUSED CRASH.

## 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 LAX79DUJ82](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79DUJ82), May 19, 1979: Cessna 182L (N3372R), Aguila, AZ, destroyed

## Other reports on N3372R (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19741229044019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19741229044019A), Dec 29, 1974: Cessna 182L (N3372R), Summerfield, FL, 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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.