# Accident 19791019030409A: Cessna 177, Wheaton, MN, October 19, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 19, 1979, 21:00 local time
- Place: Wheaton, MN
- Airport: Wheaton
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.7805° N, 96.5438° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WHEATON MUNI (ETH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7805&lon=-96.5438&mi=10
- Aircraft: N29486, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N29486-1986-03-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177 (registry code 2073704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 209 total, 96 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC80FER04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC80FER04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791019030409A

## Narrative

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

ACFT STRUCK TREE TOPS ON FINAL FOR A NIGHT LANDING.ACFT CONTINUED AIRBORNE,HIT GROUND SHORT OF RWY.FOLDED NOSE GR

## 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 MKC80FER04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC80FER04), Oct 19, 1979: Cessna 177 (N29486), Wheaton, MN, 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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