Plane Crash List

Aviation accidents in 1977

The NTSB database holds 4,469 accidents and incidents in 1977, recorded between 1977. 739 of them were fatal (17%), and 2,719 people died.

The phase of flight recorded most often is landing (1,831 records).

The aircraft types that appear most often are Cessna 150, Cessna 172 and Piper PA-28.

Most of these records are from United States, Other-Foreign Countries and Mexico.

4,468 of these records have no coordinates in the source data, so they appear in the list below but not on the map.

4,469
Records
739
Fatal
2,719
Deaths
17%
Share fatal
1977
Period
Show these on the map 1 of 4,469 have coordinates

Aircraft types involved

Cessna 150 399 Cessna 172 303 Piper PA-28 277 Cessna 182 151 Piper PA-18 93 Piper PA-24 86

Where these happened

United States 4,421 Other-Foreign Countries 13 Mexico 11 Unknown/Not Reported 7 Europe 5 Atlantic Ocean North Lat. 4

Operators involved

Civil Air Patr 7 United Air Lines, Inc. 6 Eastern Air Lines, Inc. 6 American Airlines, Inc. 5 Aero Sport 5 Frontier Flyin 5

All 4,469 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date Aircraft Location Operator Outcome Died
23 Oct 1977 Amer Avco AA-1B
N1473R
 St Louis, Missouri, United States
no coordinates
 Reynolds Aviat Fatal 1
22 Oct 1977 Piper PA-23
N1906T
 Corona, New Mexico, United States
no coordinates
 Astro Wings Fatal 1
22 Oct 1977 Piper J-3
N98067
 Pulaski, Tennessee, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 1
20 Oct 1977 Piper PA-28R
N32061
 Columbus, New Mexico, United States
no coordinates
 Alamo Flyers Fatal 1
19 Oct 1977 Beechcraft 200
N17530
 Valparaiso, Indiana, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 1
19 Oct 1977 Piper PA-25
N4578Y
 Smyer, Texas, United States
no coordinates
 Youngs Fly SVC Fatal 1
10 Oct 1977 Bellanca 7GCBC
N10988
 Sparta, Tennessee, United States
no coordinates
 Cumberland AER Fatal 1
30 Sep 1977 Cessna 182P
N1833M
 Stone Mountain, Georgia, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 1
28 Sep 1977 Ryan ST-A
N17346
 Mason, Texas, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 1
28 Sep 1977 Cessna 206
N35904
 Cove, Oregon, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 1
27 Sep 1977 Beechcraft 100
N925BD
 Auburn, Alabama, United States
no coordinates
 Delwood Furnit Fatal 1
26 Sep 1977 Cessna 152
N24497
 Delray Beach, Florida, United States
no coordinates
 13TH Squadron Fatal 1
25 Sep 1977 Cessna 150K
N5956G
 Cedar Fort, Utah, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 1
25 Sep 1977 Bellanca 7AC
N2119E
 Yucca Valley, California, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 1
25 Sep 1977 Champion 7ECA
N3035G
 Nacogdoches, Texas, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 1
24 Sep 1977 Beechcraft C55
N3754Q
 Farmersburg, Indiana, United States
no coordinates
 Midwest Air SV Fatal 1
24 Sep 1977 Piper PA-28
N5194S
 Romeo, Michigan, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 1
24 Sep 1977 Cessna 150
N6677G
 Water Valley, Mississippi, United States
no coordinates
 Oxford Flying Fatal 1
23 Sep 1977 Mahler-Wbr PJ-260
N4030B
 Westhampton, New York, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 1
22 Sep 1977 Cessna T210L
N732GL
 Carlsbad, California, United States
no coordinates
 R.f.box, Inc. Fatal 1
22 Sep 1977 Aero Comdr 600S2R
N8493V
 Albany, Georgia, United States
no coordinates
 Ag-Aero Distri Fatal 1
22 Sep 1977 Piper PA-32R
N8653C
 Williamson Wv, West Virginia, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 1
22 Sep 1977 Aeronca 7AC
N2358E
 Slovak, Arkansas, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 1
21 Sep 1977 Cessna 180
N9999N
 Ashland, Oregon, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 1
20 Sep 1977 Cessna 150L
N7315G
 Concord, California, United States
no coordinates
 General Air SE Fatal 1
18 Sep 1977 Piper PA-18
N82328
 Benton Harbor, Michigan, United States
no coordinates
 Battle Creek A Fatal 1
18 Sep 1977 Boeing A75N1
N52653
 Tomball, Texas, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 1
18 Sep 1977 Cessna 150
N6875F
 Tomball, Texas, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 1
17 Sep 1977 Cessna 150L
N6578G
 Clarkston, Washington, United States
no coordinates
 Inter Valley A Fatal 1
15 Sep 1977 Cessna 150M
N6199K
 Oil City, Louisiana, United States
no coordinates
 F.c. Barr Inc. Fatal 1
14 Sep 1977 Piper PA28
N9483J
 Ashford, West Virginia, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 1
12 Sep 1977 Piper PA-25
N4775Y
 Coyanosa, Texas, United States
no coordinates
 F M Lukins Fatal 1
11 Sep 1977 Piper PA-22
N3213B
 Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States
no coordinates
 William Quinn Fatal 1
10 Sep 1977 Lake LA-4
N1095L
 Greenville, Maine, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 1
9 Sep 1977 Piper PA-22
N75FC
 Malibu, California, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 1
7 Sep 1977 Cessna 172N
N75ER
 Bunnell, Florida, United States
no coordinates
 Embry Riddle A Fatal 1
7 Sep 1977 Cessna A185F
N4974C
 Bettles, Alaska, United States
no coordinates
 Frontier Flyin Fatal 1
7 Sep 1977 Cessna 172
N733QS
 Key West, Florida, United States
no coordinates
 Island City FL Fatal 1
6 Sep 1977 Piper PA-18
N1168A
 Jamestown, North Dakota, United States
no coordinates
 Jamestown Avia Fatal 1
6 Sep 1977 Piper PA-23
N250CB
 Gorman, California, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 1
5 Sep 1977 Cessna 172
N1975V
 Rockford, Illinois, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 1
4 Sep 1977 Grum Amer AA1C
N9558U
 Othello, Washington, United States
no coordinates
 TRI City FLT I Fatal 1
4 Sep 1977 Cessna 182Q
N444SP
 East Tawas, Michigan, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 1
4 Sep 1977 Beechcraft C45
N4111A
 Richmond, Indiana, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 1
3 Sep 1977 Falck SPEC
N60089
 Cleveland, Ohio, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 1
1 Sep 1977 Piper PA-28
N6360R
 Duanesburg, New York, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 1
1 Sep 1977 Taylorcraft BC-12D
N39133
 Red Devil Lake, Alaska, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 1
30 Aug 1977 Cessna 172M
N64190
 Henning, Minnesota, United States
no coordinates
 Fuzz Flying CL Fatal 1
29 Aug 1977 Cessna 172M
N20430
 Manchester, Kentucky, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 1
28 Aug 1977 Cessna 195B
N4404C
 Mt Holley Spgs, Pennsylvania, United States
no coordinates
 Richard Line D Fatal 1