# Accident 19780904044629A: Cvac 240/, Clewiston, FL, September 4, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 1978
- Place: Clewiston, FL
- Airport: Sugar Cane Fld
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 26.7528° N, 80.9392° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Clewiston, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.7528&lon=-80.9392&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7177B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7177B-1982-01-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Convair 240-8 (registry code 2422618, https://openairdocs.org/model/convair-240-8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CVAC 240/
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA78FA121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78FA121) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780904044629A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS NOT TYPE RATED IN CONVAIR 240.ELT WAS NOT FOUND.

## 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 MIA78FA121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78FA121), Sep 4, 1978: Convair 240 (N7177B), Clewiston, FL, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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