# Accident 19750517012549A: Cessna 177, West Milford, NJ, May 17, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 1975
- Place: West Milford, NJ
- Airport: Nairobi
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Location: 41.1312° N, 74.3674° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of West Milford, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1312&lon=-74.3674&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30018, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N30018-1978-05-18) (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: 293 total, 83 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC75DHM19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC75DHM19) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750517012549A

## Narrative

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

PLT INITIATED GO-AROUND AFTER ACFT T/D ABT MID-POINT OF THE RWY.

## 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 NYC75DHM19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC75DHM19), May 17, 1975: Cessna 177 (N30018), West Milford, NJ, 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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