# Accident 19790923025339A: Cessna R182, Porterville, CA, September 23, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 23, 1979, 17:00 local time
- Place: Porterville, CA
- Airport: Porterville
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0296° N, 119.0627° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PORTERVILLE MUNI (PTV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0296&lon=-119.0627&mi=10
- Aircraft: N736ZQ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R182
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 401 total, 11 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX79DVA63](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79DVA63) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790923025339A

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND. FOUND BLOWN HYDRAULIC LINE, CESSNA - PART NUMBER: S2178-4-0096.

## 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 LAX79DVA63](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79DVA63), Sep 23, 1979: Cessna TR182 (N736ZQ), Porterville, CA, incident, minor 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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