# Accident 19820620070099A: Cessna 172N, Northridge, CA, June 20, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 20, 1982, 22:40 local time
- Place: Northridge, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2896° N, 118.5001° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2896&lon=-118.5001&mi=10
- Aircraft: N738GF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N738GF-2017-02-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O320H2AD
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 35 total, 0 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX82FA226](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82FA226) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820620070099A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT ON TOP WITH IFR AT DESTINATION FLEW INTO A HILL AFTER INADEQUATE ATC ASSISTANCE. LACKED PROPER ENDORSEMENTS

## 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 LAX82FA226](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82FA226), Jun 21, 1982: Cessna 172 (N738GF), Granada Hills, CA, destroyed

## Other reports on N738GF (1)

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

- [Accident 20000411011789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000411011789A), Apr 11, 2000: Cessna 172N (N738GF), Seattle, WA, No damage. (-23) The pilot was in the traffic pattern for runway 31R and had been cleared for touch and go. A heavy Boeing 767 was making a "stright in" for approach for…

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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