# Incident 19791226047019I: Cessna 177RG, Florence, MI, December 26, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 26, 1979, 12:00 local time
- Place: Florence, MI
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.8567° N, 85.5889° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Township of Florence, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8567&lon=-85.5889&mi=10
- Aircraft: N34498 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177RG
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A1B6
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 340 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/19791226047019I

## Narrative

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

FORCED LANDING AFTER ENGINE SEIZED. CAUSE UNDETERMINED.

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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