# Accident 19780730024599A: Cessna 177A, West Palm Bch, FL, July 30, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 1978
- Place: West Palm Bch, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 26.7153° N, 80.0534° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of West Palm Beach, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.7153&lon=-80.0534&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30425, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N30425-1982-08-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177A (registry code 2073706, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177A
- Reported engine: LYC
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 414 total, 331 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA78DKT65](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78DKT65) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780730024599A

## Narrative

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

DITCHED AT SEA,WRECKAGE NOT RECOVERED.

## 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 MIA78DKT65](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78DKT65), Jul 30, 1978: Cessna 177 (N30425), West Palm Bch, FL, destroyed

## Other reports on N30425 (1)

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

- [Accident 19731227039309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731227039309A), Dec 27, 1973: Cessna 177A (N30425), Lincoln Park, NJ, Substantial damage. Demonstation landing on grass beside paved runway struck rut swerved into snow bank.

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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