# Accident 19770227004349A: Cessna 170B, Gettysburg, SD, February 27, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 27, 1977
- Place: Gettysburg, SD
- Airport: Nagel Ranch Strip
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 45.0060° N, 99.9539° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gettysburg, SD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.0060&lon=-99.9539&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1997C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1997C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170B (registry code 2072306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 135 total, 135 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC77FTK07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC77FTK07) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770227004349A

## 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 MKC77FTK07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC77FTK07), Feb 27, 1977: Cessna 170B (N1997C), Gettysburg, SD, substantial damage

## Other reports on N1997C (1)

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

- [Accident 20180111000749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180111000749A), Jan 11, 2018: Cessna 170B (N1997C), Skaneateles, NY, Substantial damage. On January 11, 2018, at approximately 1100 EDT, N1997C, a Cessna 170B, sn: 26142, successfully landed, at a private strip, on runway 15 at 06NY (Murphy Field).…

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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