# Accident 19770421008919A: Cessna 172D, Iola, KS, April 21, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 21, 1977
- Place: Iola, KS
- Airport: Iola Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 37.9259° N, 95.3985° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Iola, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9259&lon=-95.3985&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80506, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N80506-1982-02-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 79 total, 6 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC77FCQ30](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC77FCQ30) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770421008919A

## Narrative

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

POSSIBLE ISOLATED PATCHES OF GROUND FOG

## 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 MKC77FCQ30](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC77FCQ30), Apr 21, 1977: Cessna 172M (N80506), Iola, KS, substantial damage

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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