# Accident 19740927001589A: Cessna 170B, E Stroudsburg, PA, September 27, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 27, 1974
- Place: E Stroudsburg, PA
- Airport: Birchwood-Pocono
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Location: 41.0643° N, 75.2521° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Birchwood-Pocono Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0643&lon=-75.2521&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2978D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2978D-1993-03-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170B (registry code 2072306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,212 total, 2,450 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC75DHA16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC75DHA16) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740927001589A

## Narrative

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

GUSTY X-WIND.CONTACTED HIGH WEEDS,ROUGH GND,POTHOLE NEXT TO RWY.WING HIT GND.

## 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 NYC75DHA16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC75DHA16), Sep 27, 1974: Cessna 170B (N2978D), E Stroudsburg, PA, 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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