# Accident 19761202039562A: Cessna 177RG, Phoenix, AZ, December 2, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 2, 1976
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Sky Harbor
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Location: 33.4484° N, 112.0740° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Phoenix, AZ, within about 13 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4484&lon=-112.0740&mi=10
- Aircraft: N34651, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N34651-2003-08-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177RG (registry code 2073709, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-A1B6D (registry code 41593, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-a1b6d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177RG
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,593 total, 201 in this make and model, 211 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX77DUJ18|LAX77DUG18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX77DUJ18%7CLAX77DUG18) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761202039562A

## Narrative

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

THIS ACFT PARKED.STUDENT CUT ENGINE WHEN COLLISION APPEARED IMMINENT.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N1998M, Cessna 182H: [Accident 19761202039561A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761202039561A)

## 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 LAX77DUJ18|LAX77DUG18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX77DUJ18%7CLAX77DUG18), Dec 2, 1976: Cessna 182 (N34651), Phoenix, AZ, minor damage

## Other reports on N34651 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19781225020749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781225020749I), Dec 25, 1978: Cessna 177RG (N34651), Wainwright, AK, Minor damage. Pilot became lost after his nav. Systems became unreliable. Landed on a ice lagoon.

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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