# Accident 19780817025009A: Cessna 182H, Bucyrus, OH, August 17, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 1978
- Place: Bucyrus, OH
- Airport: Elkhorn Lake
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 40.8051° N, 82.9716° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bucyrus, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8051&lon=-82.9716&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7473S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7473S-1985-02-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182Q (registry code 2072732, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182H
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 569 total, 205 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI78FEI35](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FEI35) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780817025009A

## Narrative

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

LANDED ON WET HARD TURF.

## 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 CHI78FEI35](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FEI35), Aug 17, 1978: Cessna 182 (N7473S), Bucyrus, OH, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7473S (2)

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

- [Accident 19831126058909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831126058909A), Nov 26, 1983: Cessna 182Q (N7473S), Baltimore, MD, Destroyed. Aircraft crashed during attempted emergency landing on airport. Factor was other landing aircraft converging.
- [Accident 19790410013659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790410013659A), Apr 10, 1979: Cessna 182 (N7473S), Chantilly, VA, Substantial damage. Landed in gusty crosswind. Aircraft ballooned, drifted off edge of runway. Landed in mud and flipped over.

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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