# Accident 19791124040649A: Cessna 182, Napa, CA, November 24, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 24, 1979, 03:07 local time
- Place: Napa, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2971° N, 122.3010° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Napa, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2971&lon=-122.3010&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2681C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2681C-1982-08-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R182 (registry code 2072734, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 220 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FA017) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791124040649A

## Narrative

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

APPROACHING DESTINATION, STRUCK TREES NEAR PEAK OF MOUNTAIN. FACTORS; DARK NIGHT, FEW GROUND LIGHTS, & ALCOHOL.

## 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 LAX80FA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FA017), Nov 24, 1979: Cessna 182R (N2681C), Napa, CA, 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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