# Accident 19740405007909A: Cessna 177, Brownwood, TX, April 5, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 5, 1974
- Place: Brownwood, TX
- Airport: Brownwood Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Location: 31.7936° N, 98.9565° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BROWNWOOD RGNL (BWD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.7936&lon=-98.9565&mi=10
- Aircraft: N29347, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N29347-1977-02-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177 (registry code 2073704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 99 total, 9 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW74DPD40](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74DPD40) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740405007909A

## Narrative

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

PULLED PROP THRU WITH MAG SW ON.ACFT NOT TIED DN OR CHOCKED.HIT CESSNA,N707CD,SUBSTNL DMG.

## 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 FTW74DPD40](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74DPD40), Apr 5, 1974: Cessna 177 (N29347), Brownwood, TX, substantial damage

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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