# Accident 19791205036299A: Cessna 182, Piru, CA, December 5, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 5, 1979, 14:00 local time
- Place: Piru, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4057° N, 118.8051° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Piru, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4057&lon=-118.8051&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7271N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7271N-1979-12-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182P (registry code 2075816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 17,383 total, 500 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FUQ06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FUQ06) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791205036299A

## Narrative

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

LANDED ON MESA FOA A MOVIE FILM. OVERSHOT LDG AREA. ACFT FELL INTO A GULLEY. POSSIBLE DOWNWIND LDG.

## 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 LAX80FUQ06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FUQ06), Dec 5, 1979: Cessna 182 (N7271N), Piru, CA, destroyed

## Other reports on N7271N (1)

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

- [Incident 19781027027449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781027027449I), Oct 27, 1978: Cessna 182 (N7271N), Scottsdale, AZ, Minor damage. Hard landing, bounced, hit hard on the nose gear. Damaged nose tire and prop

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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