# Accident 19790210002669A: Cessna 337D, Huntington, WV, February 10, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 10, 1979, 10:30 local time
- Place: Huntington, WV
- Airport: Tri State
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.4093° N, 82.4335° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Huntington, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4093&lon=-82.4335&mi=10
- Aircraft: N86397 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 337D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,025 total, 48 in this make and model, 760 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD79FIJ03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79FIJ03) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790210002669A

## Narrative

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

BYSTANDERS HAT BLEW OFF. HE CHASED HAT INTO PROPELLER.

## 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 IAD79FIJ03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79FIJ03), Feb 10, 1979: Cessna 337 (N86397), Huntington, WV, 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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