# Accident 19780429009009A: Cessna 182H, Gadsden, AL, April 29, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 29, 1978
- Place: Gadsden, AL
- Airport: Coosa
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 34.0143° N, 86.0066° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gadsden, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0143&lon=-86.0066&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8787T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8787T-2024-12-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182C (registry code 2072708, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182H
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 667 total, 130 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA78DKJ34](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78DKJ34) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780429009009A

## 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 MIA78DKJ34](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78DKJ34), Apr 29, 1978: Cessna 182 (N8787T), Gadsden, AL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8787T (1)

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

- [Incident 19990724009709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990724009709I), Jul 24, 1999: Cessna 182C (N8787T), Shiocton, WI, Minor damage. Acft was flying downwind to base when the engine quit, and the acft made an emergency landing in a corn field just off the end of the rwy. (-23) Cessna 183,…

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.