36.9662° N, 120.0859° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Madera, CA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
July 10, 1979 · 15:00 local
Place
Madera, CA
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N94970
Reported as
Cessna 182Q
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
100 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Pilots father suffered fatal heart attack on final and fell against pilot interfering with controls.
As the FAA filed it
PILOTS FATHER SUFFERED FATAL HEART ATTACK ON FINAL AND FELL AGAINST PILOT INTERFERING WITH CONTROLS.