# Accident 19780812028559A: Cessna 177, Plainville, KS, August 12, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 1978
- Place: Plainville, KS
- Airport: Plainville
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 39.2341° N, 99.3008° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Plainville, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2341&lon=-99.3008&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2319Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2319Y-1978-08-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177 (registry code 2073704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 68 total, 15 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC78FA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78FA063) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780812028559A

## Narrative

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

DENSITY ALTITUDE 5300FT.

## 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 MKC78FA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78FA063), Aug 12, 1978: Cessna 177 (N2319Y), Plainville, KS, destroyed, 3 fatal

## Other reports on N2319Y (1)

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

- [Accident 19740714025629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740714025629A), Jul 14, 1974: Cessna 177 (N2319Y), Linden, CO, Substantial damage. Windshield failed for undetermined reason. Door blew open. Lndd safely with no further dmg.

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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