# Accident 19780612024859A: Cessna 170B, Kewanee, IL, June 12, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 12, 1978
- Place: Kewanee, IL
- Airport: Kewanee Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Location: 41.2052° N, 89.9639° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KEWANEE MUNI (EZI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2052&lon=-89.9639&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4692C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4692C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170B (registry code 2072306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 239 total, 94 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI78DEE45](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78DEE45) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780612024859A

## Narrative

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

REPORTED WIND GUSTS TO 26KTS.

## 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 CHI78DEE45](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78DEE45), Jun 12, 1978: Cessna 170B (N4692C), Kewanee, IL, 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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