# Accident 19781225039549A: Cessna 177, Jena, LA, December 25, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 25, 1978
- Place: Jena, LA
- Airport: Jena
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Location: 31.6688° N, 92.1576° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JENA (1R1), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.6688&lon=-92.1576&mi=10
- Aircraft: N34143 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 100 total, 25 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW79FRJ05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FRJ05) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781225039549A

## Narrative

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

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## 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 FTW79FRJ05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FRJ05), Dec 25, 1978: Cessna 177 (N34143), Jena, LA, 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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