# Accident 19790807034929A: Cessna 182P, Platteville, WI, August 7, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 1979, 20:00 local time
- Place: Platteville, WI
- Airport: Grant Co
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7279° N, 90.4681° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Platteville, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7279&lon=-90.4681&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7400Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7400Q-1989-05-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182P (registry code 2075816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,273 total, 850 in this make and model, 71 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI79DEP82](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79DEP82) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790807034929A

## Narrative

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

PILOT TOOK OFF FROM A RAMP FOR A MAINTENANCE TEST FLIGHT. HE HAD 625 FEET OF USABLE RUNWAY. ACFT CRASHED IN A FIELD

## 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 CHI79DEP82](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79DEP82), Aug 7, 1979: Cessna 182P (N7400Q), Platteville, WI, 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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