Turner T-40A N278S

1 August 1977 · Valparaiso, Indiana, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 1 August 1977 at about 13:10 local time, a Turner T-40A registered N278S was involved in an accident during in flight near Valparaiso, Indiana, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 1 August 1977 at 13:10
Classification: Accident
Location: Valparaiso, Indiana, United States
Nearest airport: Porter County
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Turner T-40A
Registration: N278S
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Findlay, Oh → S
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3146

People

2 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	2	0	0	0

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-3146, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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