# Accident 19730825028939A: Cessna 177, Pittsfield, IL, August 25, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 1973
- Place: Pittsfield, IL
- Airport: Schuster
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Location: 39.6005° N, 90.8101° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pittsfield, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6005&lon=-90.8101&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3485T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3485T-1982-11-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177 (registry code 2073704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 47 total, 3 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI74FEV15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74FEV15) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730825028939A

## Narrative

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

FOUR FOOT HIGH FENCE 20 FEET FROM EDGE OF RWY.

## 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 CHI74FEV15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74FEV15), Aug 25, 1973: Cessna 177 (N3485T), Pittsfield, IL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N3485T (1)

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

- [Accident 19811225082939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811225082939A), Dec 25, 1981: Cessna 177 (N3485T), Paw Paw, IL, Substantial damage. Engine quit on takeoff. Landed at end of runway. Went thru fence into a plowed field. Possible carburetor icing.

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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