# Accident 19790625025079A: Cessna 182A, Albion, CA, June 25, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 25, 1979, 16:05 local time
- Place: Albion, CA
- Airport: Mendocino Co
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2253° N, 123.7592° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Albion, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2253&lon=-123.7592&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5969B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5969B-2013-03-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182A (registry code 2072704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK79FA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79FA033) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790625025079A

## Narrative

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

VFR PILOT DEPARTED INTO AN AREA OF LOW CLOUDS AND FOG. CRASHED INTO TREES SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF. NO WEATHER CHECK.

## 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 OAK79FA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79FA033), Jun 25, 1979: Cessna 182A (N5969B), Albion, CA, destroyed, 4 fatal

## Other reports on N5969B (1)

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

- [Incident 19780312016029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780312016029I), Mar 12, 1978: Cessna 182A (N5969B), Vacaville, CA, Minor damage. Pilot lost diretional control after touchdown. Found both steering rods broken. Shimmy damper low on fluid.

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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