# Accident 19820817058079A: Cessna 172N, San Clemente, CA, August 17, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 1982, 23:00 local time
- Place: San Clemente, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4491° N, 117.6131° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Clemente, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4491&lon=-117.6131&mi=10
- Aircraft: N739UY, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N739UY-2013-07-08) (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 O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,177 total, 943 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX82FUM11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82FUM11) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820817058079A

## Narrative

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

WRECKAGE INDICATES HIGH IMPACT CRASH INTO OCEAN. MAIN WRECKAGE NOT RECOVERED. COASTAL FOG IN AREA. PRACTICE FLIGHT.

## 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 LAX82FUM11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82FUM11), Aug 18, 1982: Cessna 172N (N739UY), San Clemente, CA, destroyed, 2 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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