# Accident 19780826029719A: Cessna 182A, Crawfordsville, IN, August 26, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 26, 1978
- Place: Crawfordsville, IN
- Airport: Crawfordsville
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 39.9746° N, 86.9211° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CRAWFORDSVILLE RGNL (CFJ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9746&lon=-86.9211&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2189G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2189G-1980-02-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182A (registry code 2072704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182A
- Reported engine: CONT
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 197 total, 19 in this make and model, 44 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI78FEX32](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FEX32) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780826029719A

## Narrative

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

NUMBER 6 PISTON FAILED IN BOSS AREA.

## 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 CHI78FEX32](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FEX32), Aug 26, 1978: Cessna 182A (N2189G), Crawfordsville, IN, 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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