# Accident 19760403041861A: Cessna 177, New Iberia, LA, April 3, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 3, 1976
- Place: New Iberia, LA
- Airport: Acadiana Regional
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 30.0378° N, 91.8839° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ACADIANA RGNL (ARA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0378&lon=-91.8839&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2894X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2894X-1976-07-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177 (registry code 2073704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW76AF082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76AF082) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760403041861A

## Narrative

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

1ST SOLO IN TYPE ACFT.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N63383, Cessna 150M: [Accident 19760403041862A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760403041862A)

## 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 FTW76AF082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76AF082), Apr 3, 1976: Cessna 177 (N2894X), New Iberia, LA, destroyed, 1 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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