# Accident 19751221038559A: Cessna 177B, Durant, IA, December 21, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 21, 1975
- Place: Durant, IA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 41.6011° N, 90.9138° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Durant, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6011&lon=-90.9138&mi=10
- Aircraft: N515BC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N515BC-1977-01-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177B (registry code 2073708, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177B
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 123 total, 17 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC76DCD24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC76DCD24) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19751221038559A

## Narrative

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

PLT LND ON FROZEN TURF UNABLE TO STOP ACFT COLLIDED WITH SHED.

## 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 MKC76DCD24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC76DCD24), Dec 21, 1975: Cessna 177 (N515BC), Durant, IA, 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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