# Accident 19791023031299A: Cessna 182, Sonora, TX, October 23, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 23, 1979, 21:20 local time
- Place: Sonora, TX
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.5707° N, 100.6418° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sonora, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5707&lon=-100.6418&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9018X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9018X-2014-12-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R182 (registry code 2072734, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 184 total, 114 in this make and model, 43 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80FA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FA007) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791023031299A

## Narrative

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

LOW TIME VFR PILOT MADE NIGHT TAKEOFF OVER UNLIT AREA. EVIDENCE INDICATES LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT.

## 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 FTW80FA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FA007), Oct 23, 1979: Cessna 182 (N9018X), Sonora, TX, destroyed, 4 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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