# Accident 19780531024839A: Cessna 14/, Wolbach, NE, May 31, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 1978
- Place: Wolbach, NE
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 41.4006° N, 98.3898° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wolbach, NE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4006&lon=-98.3898&mi=10
- Aircraft: N76011, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N76011-2017-02-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 140 (registry code 2071602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 14/
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 361 total, 87 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC78FA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78FA043) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780531024839A

## 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 MKC78FA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78FA043), May 31, 1978: Cessna 140 (N76011), Wolbach, NE, destroyed, 2 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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