# Accident 19750518011749A: Cessna 177A, Decatur, NE, May 18, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 18, 1975
- Place: Decatur, NE
- Airport: Decatur
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 42.0059° N, 96.2483° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Decatur, NE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0059&lon=-96.2483&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30535, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N30535-1991-07-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177A (registry code 2073706, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 375 total, 3 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC75DCJ54](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC75DCJ54) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750518011749A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 MKC75DCJ54](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC75DCJ54), May 18, 1975: Cessna 177A (N30535), Decatur, NE, substantial damage

## Other reports on N30535 (1)

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

- [Accident 19860106000209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860106000209A), Jan 6, 1986: Cessna 177A (N30535), Sidney, NE, Substantial damage. During takeoff roll on snow covered runway,moisture blew onto windshield. Aircraft struck a snowbank on runway side

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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