# Incident 19790614016079I: Cessna 177B, Virginia Beach, VA, June 14, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 14, 1979, 10:30 local time
- Place: Virginia Beach, VA
- Airport: Nas Oceana
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.8529° N, 75.9780° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Virginia Beach, VA, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8529&lon=-75.9780&mi=10
- Aircraft: N35243, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N35243-2023-06-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177B (registry code 2073708, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 0 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/19790614016079I

## Narrative

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

PILOT VECTORED TOWARD AIRPORT, TURNED AND LANDED AT THE WRONG AIRPORT.

## Other reports on N35243 (1)

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

- [Accident 20220905020259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220905020259A), Sep 5, 2022: Cessna 177B (N35243), Ivanhoe, NC, Substantial damage. Pilot briefed himself on weather. Conditions worsened, pilot concentrated on flying around tstorms and flew longer than anticipated causing him to run lower on…

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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