# Accident 19790828044159A: Cessna 177B, Bloomington, IN, August 28, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 1979, 05:22 local time
- Place: Bloomington, IN
- Airport: Monroe Co
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1460° N, 86.6167° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MONROE COUNTY (BMG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1460&lon=-86.6167&mi=10
- Aircraft: N34457, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N34457-1982-07-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177B (registry code 2073708, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 266 total, 138 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI79DA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79DA068) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790828044159A

## Narrative

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

AIRPLANE STRUCK GROUND NEAR MIDDLE MARKER ON ILS APPROACH IN NEAR ZERO WEATHER CONDITIONS. LOW TIME IFR PILOT.

## 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 CHI79DA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79DA068), Aug 28, 1979: Cessna 177B (N34457), Bloomington, IN, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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