# Accident 19770218003499A: Cessna 170A, Lemmon, SD, February 18, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 18, 1977
- Place: Lemmon, SD
- Airport: Lakeside Ranch
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 45.9383° N, 102.1598° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lemmon, SD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.9383&lon=-102.1598&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5468C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5468C-2014-12-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170A (registry code 2072304, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 192 total, 115 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC77DTK08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC77DTK08) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770218003499A

## Narrative

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

FROST ON WINGS.

## 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 MKC77DTK08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC77DTK08), Feb 18, 1977: Cessna 170A (N5468C), Lemmon, SD, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5468C (1)

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

- [Accident 19901107049269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901107049269A), Nov 7, 1990: Cessna 170A (N5468C), Healy, AK, Substantial damage. Engine stopped en route. Crash landed on tundra. Pilot beleived water in fuel froze and unable to drain on preflight

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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