# Accident 19761006033829A: Cessna 177RG, Centerville, TN, October 6, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 6, 1976
- Place: Centerville, TN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 35.8262° N, 87.4383° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Centerville, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8262&lon=-87.4383&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1865Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1865Q-1976-12-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177 (registry code 2073704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177RG
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 480 total, 327 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD77FA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD77FA002) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761006033829A

## Narrative

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

PILOT FLEW INTO FORECAST FRONTAL ACTIVITY.

## 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 IAD77FA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD77FA002), Oct 6, 1976: Cessna 177RG (N1865Q), Centerville, TN, destroyed, 4 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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