# Accident 19800518014069A: Cessna 182P, Seal Beach, CA, May 18, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 18, 1980, 22:04 local time
- Place: Seal Beach, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7544° N, 118.0713° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Seal Beach, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7544&lon=-118.0713&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7403Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7403Q-2013-05-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182P (registry code 2075816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 101 total, 40 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FA097) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800518014069A

## Narrative

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

VFR PILOT LOST IN FOG AT NIGHT IMPACTED GROUND WHILE ASKING FOR AID FROM ATC.

## 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 LAX80FA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FA097), May 18, 1980: Cessna 182P (N7403Q), Seal Beach, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal

## Other reports on N7403Q (1)

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

- [Accident 19790119001129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790119001129A), Jan 19, 1979: Cessna 182 (N7403Q), West Palm Beach, FL, Substantial damage. The nose wheel hit a soft spot in the runway on landing. The aircraft turned over.

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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