# Accident 19780103001479A: Cessna 177, New Orleans, LA, January 3, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 3, 1978
- Place: New Orleans, LA
- Airport: Lakefront
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Location: 30.0424° N, 90.0282° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKEFRONT (NEW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0424&lon=-90.0282&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7625V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7625V-1982-03-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177RG (registry code 2073709, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177
- Reported engine: LYC
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW78DA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78DA024) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780103001479A

## Narrative

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

PILOTS BODY FOUND,ACFT NOT RCVRD.RADIOED ENG QUIT.

## 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 FTW78DA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78DA024), Jan 3, 1978: Cessna 177RG (N7625V), New Orleans, LA, 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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