# Accident 19731221040449A: Cessna 177RG, Dravosburg, PA, December 21, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 21, 1973
- Place: Dravosburg, PA
- Airport: Allegheny County
- Damage: Damage unknown
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Location: 40.3544° N, 79.9290° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALLEGHENY COUNTY (AGC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3544&lon=-79.9290&mi=10
- Aircraft: N77RG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N77RG-1974-04-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177RG (registry code 2073709, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177RG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 2,188 total, 44 in this make and model, 72 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC74AN058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74AN058) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731221040449A

## Narrative

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

ON ILS APCH,FLD IN SIGHT.PLT REPORTED ENG FAILURE,LNDD IN RIVER.ACFT AND PSGRS NOT RCVRD.

## 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 NYC74AN058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74AN058), Dec 21, 1973: Cessna 177RG (N77RG), Dravosburg, PA, 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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