# Accident 19790620014679A: Cessna 337, Wenatchee, WA, June 20, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 20, 1979, 11:50 local time
- Place: Wenatchee, WA
- Airport: Pangborn
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.3988° N, 120.2068° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PANGBORN MEML (EAT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.3988&lon=-120.2068&mi=10
- Aircraft: N72377, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N72377-1994-05-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 337G (registry code 2075730, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-337g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 337
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 90 total, 35 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA79DYP29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA79DYP29) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790620014679A

## Narrative

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

MADE HARD LANDING. DAMAGED PROP, ENGINE MOUNT AND FIREWALL. UNSKILLED IN ACFT.

## 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 SEA79DYP29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA79DYP29), Jun 20, 1979: Cessna 337 (N72377), Wenatchee, WA, substantial 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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