# Accident 19781218044979A: Cessna 14/, Ferndale, AR, December 18, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 18, 1978
- Place: Ferndale, AR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Location: 34.7790° N, 92.5577° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ferndale, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7790&lon=-92.5577&mi=10
- Aircraft: N777RN, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N777RN-1982-03-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 140A (registry code 2071604, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 14/
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 396 total, 49 in this make and model, 49 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW79FA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FA032) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781218044979A

## Narrative

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

SHIPPING SCREW NOT REMOVED FROM ELT PREVENTED ACTIVATION.

## 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 FTW79FA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FA032), Dec 18, 1978: Cessna 140A (N777RN), Ferndale, AR, destroyed, 1 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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