# Accident 19780901043349A: Cessna 177RG, Fairbanks, AK, September 1, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 1978
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Airport: Phillips Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Location: 64.8500° N, 147.7930° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Phillips Field, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8500&lon=-147.7930&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2168Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2168Q-2009-07-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177RG (registry code 2073709, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-A1B6D (registry code 41593, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-a1b6d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177RG
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 289 total, 32 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC78FA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC78FA072) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780901043349A

## Narrative

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

LMTD VSBY LDG.REF 2 RED LITES EACH SIDE APCH END,1 ROW WHITE LITERALLEL TO RWY.TREES BY RWY.

## 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 ANC78FA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC78FA072), Sep 1, 1978: Cessna 177RG (N2168Q), Fairbanks, AK, destroyed, 4 fatal

## Other reports on N2168Q (1)

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

- [Accident 19770329005409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770329005409A), Mar 29, 1977: Cessna 177RG (N2168Q), Fairbanks, AK, Substantial damage. Ldg lte failed during touchdown to unlighted runway. Pilot restricted from night flight.

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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