# Accident 19820316004179A: Cessna 340A, Burbank, CA, March 16, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 1982, 23:37 local time
- Place: Burbank, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1901° N, 118.3264° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Burbank, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1901&lon=-118.3264&mi=10
- Aircraft: N98546, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N98546-2013-05-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340A (registry code 2076405, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340A
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520N
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 759 total, 34 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX82FA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82FA109) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820316004179A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL ON CLIMB OUT IN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS. BROADCAST MAYDAY. STRUCK MOUNTAINSIDE. HIGH BLOOD 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 LAX82FA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82FA109), Mar 17, 1982: Cessna 340A (N98546), 12 N.E. Burbank, 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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