# Accident 19780826025829A: Cessna 170B, Broadus, MT, August 26, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 26, 1978
- Place: Broadus, MT
- Airport: E.B.Ranch
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 45.3406° N, 105.5488° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EB Ranch Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.3406&lon=-105.5488&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4657C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4657C) (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: 23,445 total, 550 in this make and model, 550 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA78FTA19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA78FTA19) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780826025829A

## Narrative

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

GUSTING TO 15K.

## 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 SEA78FTA19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA78FTA19), Aug 26, 1978: Cessna 170B (N4657C), Broadus, MT, 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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