# NTSB CHI77DEP25: Cessna 172, N2JA, Janesville, WI, March 29, 1977

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: March 29, 1977
- Place: Janesville, WI · JANESVILLE, WI
- Location: 42.6828° N, 89.0187° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Janesville, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6828&lon=-89.0187&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 10, 1977
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 157574
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI77DEP25
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI77DEP25

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0532  77/3/29    JANESVILLE,WI       CESSNA 172          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 40, 371
        TIME - 0957                    N2JA                PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 242 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - ROCK COUNTY
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          JANESVILLE,WI               WHEELING,IL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           STATIC: IDLING ENGINE(S)
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
           WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          SCATTERED                                                UNLIMITED
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED)                                     NONE
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND
          NONE                                                     HEAD WIND 338-022 DEGREES
        WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES                                   WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS
          220                                                       30
        TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS                               TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          VFR                                                      VFR
        REMARKS- WIND GUSTS TO 40K.70K GUST AT TIME OF ACCIDENT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2JA](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2JA), registered now, S/N 421C0154, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 421C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421c) (registry code 2076016) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental GTSI0-520-F-K](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsi0-520-f-k) (registry code 17031, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Rock County

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19770329007739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770329007739A), Mar 29, 1977: Cessna 172M, Janesville, WI, Substantial damage. Wind gusts to 40K.70K gust at time of accident.

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.

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