# Accident 19760817030359A: Boeing B17G, Cordele, GA, August 17, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 1976
- Place: Cordele, GA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 31.9561° N, 83.7701° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cordele, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.9561&lon=-83.7701&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3701G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3701G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing B-17G (registry code 1380204, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-b-17g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Wright R-1820-97 (registry code 66799, https://openairdocs.org/engine/wright-r-1820-97) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING B17G
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,100 total, 200 in this make and model, 85 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA76FKG96](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76FKG96) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760817030359A

## Narrative

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

LT FWD LOWER SPAR CAP P/N753424-2 FAILED FOR REASONS UNDETERMINED.ACFT APPLYING FIRE ANT CONTROL

## 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 MIA76FKG96](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76FKG96), Aug 17, 1976: Boeing B-17G (N3701G), Cordele, GA, 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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