# Accident 19770516012359A: Cessna 185, West Salem, OH, May 16, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 1977
- Place: West Salem, OH
- Airport: Ickes-Tyson
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Location: 40.9698° N, 82.1079° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of West Salem, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9698&lon=-82.1079&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9962X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9962X-1979-07-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 185 (registry code 2072802, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-185) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 185
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 924 total, 75 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI77FEI25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI77FEI25) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770516012359A

## 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 CHI77FEI25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI77FEI25), May 16, 1977: Cessna 185 (N9962X), West Salem, OH, 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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