# Accident 19830123002199A: Cessna 140, Mt Baldy, CA, January 23, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 23, 1983, 10:05 local time
- Place: Mt Baldy, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2361° N, 117.6601° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mount Baldy, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2361&lon=-117.6601&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2180N (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- Reported engine: LYC O290D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,346 total, 155 in this make and model, 78 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX83LA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA079) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830123002199A

## Narrative

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

BLINDED BY SUN WHILE FLYING IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO MOUNTAIN. PILOT REACHED FOR SUNGLASSES. CRASHED INTO MOUNTAIN.

## 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 LAX83LA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA079), Jan 23, 1983: Cessna 140 (N2180N), Mt. Baldy, CA, substantial damage

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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