# Accident 19731222039779A: Cessna 177A, Great Bend, KS, December 22, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 22, 1973
- Place: Great Bend, KS
- Airport: Great Bend Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Location: 38.3443° N, 98.8592° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GREAT BEND MUNI (GBD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3443&lon=-98.8592&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30335, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N30335-1991-05-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177A (registry code 2073706, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 733 total, 13 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC74DCQ21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74DCQ21) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731222039779A

## Narrative

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

PORPOISED.DMGD FIREWALL & LOWER FUSELAGE.RWY UNDER REPAIR,ABT 1800 FT AVAIL.

## 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 MKC74DCQ21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74DCQ21), Dec 22, 1973: Cessna 177 (N30335), Great Bend, KS, substantial damage

## Other reports on N30335 (1)

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

- [Accident 19880822035029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880822035029A), Aug 22, 1988: Cessna 177A (N30335), Ridgeland, SC, Substantial damage. Ran out of fuel en route. Stalled on forced landing in open field. Fuselage and engine bent upwards by impact.

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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