# Accident 19820626029532A: Cessna 172M, San Jose, CA, June 26, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 26, 1982, 13:47 local time
- Place: San Jose, CA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3393° N, 121.8993° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3393&lon=-121.8993&mi=10
- Aircraft: N70072, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N70072-1985-08-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 897 total, 766 in this make and model, 86 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX82AA235](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82AA235) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820626029532A

## Narrative

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

ON A NON STANDARD ENTRY AT MIDFIELD WAS STRUCK BY 510BC THAT WAS MAKING AN ABRUPT CLIMBING GO AROUND AT MIDFIELD.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N510BC, Cessna 320B: [Accident 19820626029531A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820626029531A)

## 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 LAX82AA235](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82AA235), Jun 26, 1982: Cessna 172M (N70072), San Jose, 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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