Aviation accidents in 1978

The NTSB database holds 4,698 accidents and incidents in 1978, recorded between 1978. 836 of them were fatal (18%), and 1,981 people died.

The phase of flight recorded most often is landing (1,917 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, Unknown/Not Reported and Other-Foreign Countries.

4,698 of these records have no coordinates in the source data, so they appear in the list below but not on the map.

4,698

Records

836

Fatal

1,981

Deaths

18%

Share fatal

1978

Period

Show these on the map 0 of 4,698 have coordinates

Aircraft types involved

Cessna 150 355 Cessna 172 327 Piper PA-28 323 Cessna 182 170 Cessna 152 118 Piper PA-18 79

Where these happened

United States 4,618 Unknown/Not Reported 19 Other-Foreign Countries 11 Canada 8 Mexico 8 Asia 8

Operators involved

Petroleum Heli 13 United Air Lines, Inc. 8 Island Helicop 6 Delta Air Lines, Inc. 6 Thunderbird AV 5 Pioneer Aviati 5

Phase of flight

Landing 1,917

In Flight 1,588

Takeoff 917

Taxi 195

Static 42

Nearby years

All

1975 4,463 1976 4,367 1977 4,469 1979 4,210 1980 3,962 1981 3,878

All 4,698 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
28 Jul 1978	Cessna 172 N8838V	Ocoee, Florida, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
27 Jul 1978	Grumman G-164A N7947	Buckeye, Arizona, United States no coordinates	Pierce AVN	Fatal	1
27 Jul 1978	Cessna 150 N8196F	Southbridge, Massachusetts, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
25 Jul 1978	Scheitzer 2-33A N65841	Boulder City, Nevada, United States no coordinates	Desert Soaring	Fatal	1
23 Jul 1978	Beechcraft A23 N1428L	Inverness, Florida, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
22 Jul 1978	Cessna 172B N7684X	Selmer, Tennessee, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
21 Jul 1978	Midget MUSTNG N6KW	Flagstaff, Arizona, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
20 Jul 1978	Grumman G-164B N9256A	Manteca, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
19 Jul 1978	Aero-Comdr S-2R N8859Q	Lake Providenc, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Howard Aviaton	Fatal	1
19 Jul 1978	Cessna 172L N7940G	Durham, Arkansas, United States no coordinates	Springdale F S	Fatal	1
16 Jul 1978	Piper PA-28R N5068S	Coeur D'alene, Idaho, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
16 Jul 1978	Piper PA-28 N55469	Brownfield, Texas, United States no coordinates	Hereford Aviat	Fatal	1
16 Jul 1978	Cessna 150M N66382	Urbana, Ohio, United States no coordinates	Urbana Flying	Fatal	1
15 Jul 1978	Bell 47G N1158W	Loghman, Florida, United States no coordinates	Waverly Grower	Fatal	1
15 Jul 1978	Cessna 150M N66744	Cantwell, Alaska, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
14 Jul 1978	Piper PA-22 N2393P	Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
14 Jul 1978	Ryan ST3KR N48700	Petersburg, Michigan, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
14 Jul 1978	Brantly B2-B N2281U	Nome, Alaska, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
14 Jul 1978	Hiller FH1100 N99024	Clearlake, Washington, United States no coordinates	Emco Helicopte	Fatal	1
14 Jul 1978	J Lowers T-WIND N195J	Fergus Falls, Minnesota, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
14 Jul 1978	Luscombe 8A N71956	Fairfield, North Carolina, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
12 Jul 1978	Bellanca 17-30A N93627	Rhinelander, Wisconsin, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
12 Jul 1978	Schempp-Hir CIRRUS N2RQ	Fitchburg, Massachusetts, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
11 Jul 1978	Beechcraft B24R N6591R	Vashon, Washington, United States no coordinates	Alpha Zulu AVI	Fatal	1
9 Jul 1978	Cessna 170A N1780D	Billings, Montana, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
9 Jul 1978	Hunter Mong GH-1 N132H	Roll, Indiana, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
9 Jul 1978	Cessna 175B N8126T	Turtle Lake, North Dakota, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
8 Jul 1978	Clark Focke 190A3 N23FW	Cedar City, Utah, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
8 Jul 1978	Cessna 180 N9427C	Iliamna, Alaska, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
7 Jul 1978	Sikorsky S-62A N54516	San Pedro, California, United States no coordinates	Catalina Airli	Fatal	1
7 Jul 1978	Piper PA-25 N4417Y	Cordele, Georgia, United States no coordinates	David Chancey	Fatal	1
6 Jul 1978	Piper PA-32 N43087	Deep Gap, North Carolina, United States no coordinates	Hendricks BUS	Fatal	1
6 Jul 1978	Bell 206B N7979S	Cameron, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Perroleum Heli	Fatal	1
6 Jul 1978	Cessna 170B N2763C	Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
4 Jul 1978	Cessna A185F N774SB	Coronation Is, Alaska, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
3 Jul 1978	Cessna TU206 N8478Q	Canyon, Wyoming, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
3 Jul 1978	Varieze N942	Dorris, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
1 Jul 1978	Bellanca 8GCBC N86899	Hinton, Oklahoma, United States no coordinates	CM Mogg, JR	Fatal	1
1 Jul 1978	Cessna 182 N2341G	San Diego, California, United States no coordinates	Consair Flying	Fatal	1
1 Jul 1978	Cessna 150 N9378U	San Diego, California, United States no coordinates	Southern Skies	Fatal	1
1 Jul 1978	Pitts S-1T N9WT	Taylor, Arizona, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
30 Jun 1978	Cessna 207 N1789U	Omalik, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Aurora Air SER	Fatal	1
27 Jun 1978	Beechcraft 65-80 N975SQ	Mobile, Alabama, United States no coordinates	Solaqueen Inc	Fatal	1
27 Jun 1978	Beechcraft 35-B33 N5724K	Mineral Wells, Texas, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
25 Jun 1978	N American SNJ-4 N9589C	Gravois Mills, Missouri, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
25 Jun 1978	Grum Amer AA1-C N9544U	Tamsworth, New Hampshire, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
23 Jun 1978	Hughes 269C N9584F	Atlanta, Georgia, United States no coordinates	Executive Heli	Fatal	1
23 Jun 1978	Navion A N91504	Ashland, Oregon, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
22 Jun 1978	Nord Stampe SV4C N10707	Phoenix, Arizona, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
22 Jun 1978	Piper PA-23 N5421Y	Marion, Kentucky, United States no coordinates	Mayfield Skywa	Fatal	1