# Accident 19750706024009A: Cessna 177, Gilbert, WV, July 6, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 6, 1975
- Place: Gilbert, WV
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 37.6149° N, 81.8704° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gilbert, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6149&lon=-81.8704&mi=10
- Aircraft: N25JC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N25JC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210 (registry code 2073402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 366 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC75AN003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC75AN003-201283) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750706024009A

## Narrative

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

PASSENGER HEARD STALL WARNING.AIRCRAFT IN STEEP BANK,DESCENDED INTO TREES IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN.

## 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 NYC75AN003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC75AN003-201283), Jul 6, 1975: Cessna 177RG (N25JC), Gilbert, WV, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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