# Incident 19781115026749I: Cessna 177, Salisbury, MD, November 15, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 15, 1978, 16:15 local time
- Place: Salisbury, MD
- Airport: Wicomico Co
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3752° N, 75.5866° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Salisbury, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3752&lon=-75.5866&mi=10
- Aircraft: N35253, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N35253-1990-03-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177B (registry code 2073708, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 418 total, 215 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781115026749I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LANDED WITHOUT PROPER CLEARANCE.

## Other reports on N35253 (1)

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

- [Incident 19841123066959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841123066959I), Nov 23, 1984: Cessna 177B (N35253), Reading, PA. Ran out of gas, landed in field. No 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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