# Accident 19740605018129A: Cessna 177, Sacramento, CA, June 5, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 5, 1974
- Place: Sacramento, CA
- Airport: Executive Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Location: 38.5816° N, 121.4944° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sacramento, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5816&lon=-121.4944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2983X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2983X-1998-12-22) (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: 640 total, 51 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK74FVG64](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74FVG64) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740605018129A

## Narrative

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

THROTTLE LINKAGE CAME LOOSE,NOT SAFETIED. PLT TRIED TO GO ARND WITH PARTIAL PWR,THEN LND.

## 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 OAK74FVG64](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74FVG64), Jun 5, 1974: Cessna 177 (N2983X), Sacramento, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N2983X (1)

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

- [Accident 19750611019699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750611019699A), Jun 11, 1975: Cessna 177 (N2983X), Auburn, CA, Substantial damage. Prop gov oil line had improper brass nipple installed. Nipple failed. Lost eng & prop oil supply.

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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