# Accident 19780829037569A: Cessna 175A, White Bear Lk, MN, August 29, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 29, 1978
- Place: White Bear Lk, MN
- Airport: Benson
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Location: 45.0652° N, 93.0129° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of White Bear Lake, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.0652&lon=-93.0129&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6945E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6945E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 175A (registry code 2072504, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-175a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GO-300 series (registry code 17024, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-go-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 175A
- Reported engine: CONT
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 610 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC78FER97](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78FER97) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780829037569A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 MKC78FER97](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78FER97), Aug 29, 1978: Cessna 175A (N6945E), White Bear Lk, MN, substantial damage

## Other reports on N6945E (1)

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

- [Incident 20081009856769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081009856769I), Oct 9, 2008: Cessna 175A (N6945E), Champaign/Urba, IL, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot declared an emergency after pilot saw "bright red glow under rudder pedals" and smelled a "burning plastic smell". Aircraft at Champaign, IL (kcmi)…

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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