# Accident 19730430010929A: Cessna 177, Findlay, OH, April 30, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 1973
- Place: Findlay, OH
- Airport: Blufton
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 41.0474° N, 83.6381° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Findlay, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0474&lon=-83.6381&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30076, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N30076-2015-05-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177 (registry code 2073704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 135 total, 91 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI73DEK22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI73DEK22) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730430010929A

## Narrative

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

ACDNTLY GOT OFF TAXIWAY GOT STUCK IN MUD.TAIL CONE HIT GND BULGED OUT,RESTRICTED ELEV.LNDD FDY OK.

## 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 CHI73DEK22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI73DEK22), Apr 30, 1973: Cessna 177 (N30076), Findlay, OH, substantial damage

## Other reports on N30076 (1)

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

- [Accident 19920917037069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920917037069A), Sep 17, 1992: Cessna 177 (N30076), Manlius, IL, Destroyed, 4 fatal. Reported power loss. Crash landed. Fuel tanks empty. Fueled on inclined ramp. One tank not full other vented fuel.

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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