# Accident 19790909037119A: Cessna 182G, AL, September 9, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 9, 1979
- Place: AL
- Damage: Damage unknown
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N2183R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2183R-2012-08-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182G (registry code 2072716, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182G
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 185 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79DA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79DA124) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790909037119A

## Narrative

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

DEPARTED NEW ORLEANS VFR TO PENSACOLA. RADAR INDICATES ACFT DOWN IN GULF OFF AL COAST. MISSING.

## 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 MIA79DA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79DA124), Sep 9, 1979: Cessna 182 (N2183R), Missing Aircraft, destroyed, 3 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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