# Accident 19761010032539A: Cessna 177, Franklin, VA, October 10, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 10, 1976
- Place: Franklin, VA
- Airport: Franklin
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Location: 36.7003° N, 76.9021° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FRANKLIN RGNL (FKN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7003&lon=-76.9021&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4LW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 127 total, 29 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD77DID01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD77DID01) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761010032539A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 IAD77DID01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD77DID01), Oct 10, 1976: Cessna 177 (N4LW), Franklin, VA, 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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