# Accident 19770418009539A: Cessna 177, Jonesboro, GA, April 18, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 18, 1977
- Place: Jonesboro, GA
- Airport: South Expressway
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 33.5058° N, 84.3597° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at South Expressway Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5058&lon=-84.3597&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2808X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2808X-1977-11-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177 (registry code 2073704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 101 total, 12 in this make and model, 67 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA77FKG25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA77FKG25) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770418009539A

## Narrative

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

PAX PUSHED RUDDER AND GRABBED CONTROL YOKE WHEN HE BRACED FOR THE CRASH

## 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 MIA77FKG25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA77FKG25), Apr 18, 1977: Cessna 177 (N2808X), Jonesboro, GA, destroyed

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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