# Accident 19790730033179A: Cessna 177, Oshkosh, WI, July 30, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 1979, 09:30 local time
- Place: Oshkosh, WI
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0232° N, 88.5623° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oshkosh, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0232&lon=-88.5623&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30231, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N30231) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177 (registry code 2073704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 489 total, 14 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI79FEP69](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FEP69) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790730033179A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS RETURNING TO AIRPORT IN RAIN AND LOW CLOUDS. STALLED ACFT AND CRASHED IN A PEA FIELD.

## 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 CHI79FEP69](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FEP69), Jul 30, 1979: Cessna 177 (N30231), Oshkosh, WI, substantial damage

## Other reports on N30231 (2)

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

- [Incident 19810714046609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810714046609I), Jul 14, 1981: Cessna 177 (N30231), Oshkosh, WI, Minor damage. Fuselage wrinkled from possible hard landing. Pilot or occupants unknown. Owned and operated by flying club.
- [Accident 19800415008949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800415008949A), Apr 15, 1980: Cessna 177 (N30231), Oshkosh, WI, Substantial damage. Made hard landing, bounced. Lost control of airplane. Veered off runway into a ditch.

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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