# Accident 19770828029519A: Cessna 182, Trinidad, TX, August 28, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 1977
- Place: Trinidad, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 32.1600° N, 96.1095° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Trinidad, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1600&lon=-96.1095&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5438B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5438B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182 (registry code 2072702, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 531 total, 103 in this make and model, 54 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW77DPA26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW77DPA26) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770828029519A

## Narrative

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

THUNDERSTORMS,RAINSHOWERS FORECASTED ALONG ENTIRE ROUTE & AT DESTINATION.

## 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 FTW77DPA26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW77DPA26), Aug 28, 1977: Cessna 182 (N5438B), Trinidad, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5438B (1)

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

- [Accident 19850403035579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850403035579A), Apr 3, 1985: Cessna 182 (N5438B), Walla Walla, WA, Substantial damage. While taxiing back on runway,wind gust from behind pushed nose of aircraft into soft ground. Aircraft nosed over.

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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