# Accident 19790726037479A: Cessna 320A, Monterey, CA, July 26, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 26, 1979, 21:43 local time
- Place: Monterey, CA
- Airport: Peninsula
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.6012° N, 121.8828° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Monterey, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6012&lon=-121.8828&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3005R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3005R-1981-03-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 320A (registry code 2074506, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-320a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 320A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 3,621 total, 2,471 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK79FA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79FA036) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790726037479A

## Narrative

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

ACFT OFF COURSE AND BELOW MINIMUM ALTITUDE ON SECOND ILS APCH. HIT TREES ON RIDGE. FIRST APCH ALSO ERRATIC.

## 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 OAK79FA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79FA036), Jul 26, 1979: Cessna 320A (N3005R), Monterey, 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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