# NTSB CHI77FA072: Cessna 177RG, N7531V, Missing Aircraft, September 17, 1977

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: September 17, 1977
- Place: Missing Aircraft · MISSING AIRCRAFT, UN
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Completed, report July 5, 1978
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 144324
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI77FA072
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI77FA072

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-4250  77/9/17    MISSING AIRCRAFT    CESSNA 177RG        CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 32, 482
        TIME - UNK/NR                  N7531V              PX-  3  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 2 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          PLYMOUTH,MI                 KENOSHA,WI
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISSING AIRCRAFT,NOT RECOVERED                           UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        REMARKS- ACFT DMG & INJURY INDEX PRESUMED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7531V](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7531V-2017-02-04), registration cancelled 2017-02-04, S/N 177RG0828, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177RG
- Registry model: [Cessna 177RG](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177rg) (registry code 2073709) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-360-A1B6D](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-a1b6d) (registry code 41593, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

## 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 19770917043649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770917043649A), Sep 17, 1977: Cessna 177RG, MI, Destroyed, 3 fatal

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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