# Accident 19730909029089A: Cessna 177, Bladenboro, NC, September 9, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 9, 1973
- Place: Bladenboro, NC
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 34.5409° N, 78.7947° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bladenboro, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5409&lon=-78.7947&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2385Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2385Y-1973-10-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177 (registry code 2073704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 30 in this make and model, 63 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD74FLJ17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74FLJ17) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730909029089A

## Narrative

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

UNDER TSTM DRG 180 DEG TURN TO FLY OUT ENCTRD DNDFT UN CK DSCNT 1500FPM WITH FULL PWR.

## 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 IAD74FLJ17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74FLJ17), Sep 9, 1973: Cessna 177 (N2385Y), Bladenboro, NC, destroyed

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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