# Accident 19770522033219A: Cessna 172, East Dundee, IL, May 22, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 1977
- Place: East Dundee, IL
- Airport: Elgin
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Location: 42.0977° N, 88.2475° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of East Dundee, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0977&lon=-88.2475&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8031B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8031B-1977-12-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 50 total, 30 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI77FA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI77FA044) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770522033219A

## Narrative

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

WND GUSTS TO 33K. CFI DID NOT CHECK WX. LOGBOOK DID NOT REFLECT ANY INST TIME AS REQUIRED BY FAR'S

## 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 CHI77FA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI77FA044), May 22, 1977: Cessna 172 (N8031B), East Dundee, IL, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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