# Accident 19780404006509A: Cessna T337G, Topeka, KS, April 4, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 4, 1978
- Place: Topeka, KS
- Airport: Billard Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 39.0483° N, 95.6780° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Topeka, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0483&lon=-95.6780&mi=10
- Aircraft: N42C (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T337G
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 566 total, 331 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC78FCG23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78FCG23) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780404006509A

## Narrative

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

REAR ENG STARTER INOP PLT ATTEMPTED AIRSTART OF ENG ON SINGLE ENGEOFF.

## 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 MKC78FCG23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78FCG23), Apr 4, 1978: Cessna T337G (N42C), Topeka, 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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