# Incident 19791010051569I: Cessna 182, Santa Ana, CA, October 10, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 10, 1979, 19:45 local time
- Place: Santa Ana, CA
- Airport: John Wayne Orange
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6757° N, 117.8682° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JOHN WAYNE/ORANGE COUNTY (SNA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6757&lon=-117.8682&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3243U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3243U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182F (registry code 2072714, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 1,400 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791010051569I

## Narrative

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

PILOT TOO LOW ON IFR APPROACH, STRUCK THE APPROACH LIGHTS.

## Other reports on N3243U (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20000715020959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000715020959I), Jul 15, 2000: Cessna 182F (N3243U), Humacoa, PR, 1 fatal. (-23)On July 17, 2000, at approximately 0800AM, our office received a call from the owner of puerto rico skydving school, [privacy data omitted], regarding an…

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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