# Accident 19770129006009A: Cessna 177RG, Chattanooga, TN, January 29, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 29, 1977
- Place: Chattanooga, TN
- Airport: Lovell Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Location: 35.0352° N, 85.2036° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LOVELL FLD (CHA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0352&lon=-85.2036&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7506V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7506V-1977-05-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177RG (registry code 2073709, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177RG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 116 total, 19 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD77FA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD77FA018) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770129006009A

## Narrative

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

R MAG FIRED 15DEG BTDC,25DEG RECOMMENDED.ROTATING MAGNET SEVERELY SCORED.

## 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 IAD77FA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD77FA018), Jan 29, 1977: Cessna 177RG (N7506V), Chattanooga, TN, destroyed, 2 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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