# Accident 19760805024339A: Boeing B17G, Rochelle, GA, August 5, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 1976
- Place: Rochelle, GA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 31.9488° N, 83.4569° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rochelle, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.9488&lon=-83.4569&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4710C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4710C-1976-10-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing B-17G (registry code 1380204, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-b-17g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING B17G
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,205 total, 245 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA76FKG94](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76FKG94) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760805024339A

## Narrative

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

FIRE ANT CONTROL. ACFT BURNED AFTER EMERG LNDG. FIRE STARTED AT OR NEAR CARB.

## 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 MIA76FKG94](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76FKG94), Aug 5, 1976: Boeing B-17G (N4710C), Rochelle, GA, destroyed

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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