# Accident 19740814026009A: Cessna 177, Dewitt, MI, August 14, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 1974
- Place: Dewitt, MI
- Airport: Maple Heights
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 42.8388° N, 84.5838° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of DeWitt, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8388&lon=-84.5838&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3262T (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 995 total, 286 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI75DEM05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI75DEM05) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740814026009A

## Narrative

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

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## 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 CHI75DEM05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI75DEM05), Aug 14, 1974: Cessna 177 (N3262T), Dewitt, MI, 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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