# Accident 19860412011399A: Cessna 177RG, Dallas, TX, April 12, 1986

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 12, 1986, 00:40 local time
- Place: Dallas, TX
- Airport: Addison
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.0006° N, 96.7897° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0006&lon=-96.7897&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8047G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8047G-2013-08-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177RG (registry code 2073709, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-A1B6D (registry code 41593, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-a1b6d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177RG
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A1B6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 1,600 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW86FA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW86FA063) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860412011399A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL AND IMPACTED GROUND AFTER SEVERE HAIL BROKE WINDSHIELD. INSISTED ON ENTERING AREA OF THUNDERSTORM.

## 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 FTW86FA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW86FA063), Apr 12, 1986: Cessna 177RG (N8047G), Dallas, TX, 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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