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
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0 of 4,698 have coordinates
Aircraft types involved
Where these happened
All 4,698 records by number of deaths, then by date
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Dec 1978 | Cessna R172E | Clover, South Carolina, United States | Navy Corpus C4 | Minor injuries | - |
| 22 Dec 1978 | Cessna 150 | Lompoc, California, United States | Lompoc Aviatio | Minor injuries | - |
| 22 Dec 1978 | Piper PA-28 | Laurel, Maryland, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 22 Dec 1978 | Beechcraft 65 | Wheeling, Illinois, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 22 Dec 1978 | Cessna 185 | Key West, Florida, United States | C.n.dunn | Minor injuries | - |
| 22 Dec 1978 | Beechcraft D-50 | S.barrington, Illinois, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 22 Dec 1978 | Cessna 172K | Dodgeville, Wisconsin, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 22 Dec 1978 | Cessna 152 | St Cloud, Minnesota, United States | St Cloud Aviat | No injuries | - |
| 22 Dec 1978 | Cessna 177B | Creighton, Nebraska, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 22 Dec 1978 | Bellanca 17-30 | Little Rock, Arkansas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 22 Dec 1978 | Hiller Acft SOLOY | Lacomb, Oregon, United States | Western Helico | No injuries | - |
| 21 Dec 1978 | Piper PA-18 | Pinon, Arizona, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 21 Dec 1978 | Piper PA-23 | Visalia, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 21 Dec 1978 | Aerospatial SA315B | Magna, Utah, United States | Whirlybirds II | Minor injuries | - |
| 21 Dec 1978 | Cessna 150 | Ft.collins, Colorado, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 21 Dec 1978 | Cessna 152 | Phoenix, Arizona, United States | Sawer Aviation | No injuries | - |
| 21 Dec 1978 | Boeing 737 | Norfolk, Virginia, United States | United Air Lines, Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
| 21 Dec 1978 | Cessna 172 | Huntsville, Alabama, United States | Mars Flying CL | Minor injuries | - |
| 21 Dec 1978 | Bell 206 | Phoenix, Arizona, United States | Air SVS Intl | Serious injuries | - |
| 20 Dec 1978 | Curtis-Wrt D-4000 | Phoenix, Arizona, United States | Aero Meridian | No injuries | - |
| 20 Dec 1978 | Cessna T210L | Yuba City, California, United States | King Smorg's | No injuries | - |
| 20 Dec 1978 | Beechcraft 35 | Greeley, Colorado, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 20 Dec 1978 | Cessna 182 | Duchesne, Utah, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 20 Dec 1978 | Piper PA-32 | Los Angeles Ca, California, United States | Cal.air.chart. | Serious injuries | - |
| 20 Dec 1978 | Piper PA-31 | Dallas, Texas, United States | Air Central | Serious injuries | - |
| 20 Dec 1978 | Cessna 210L | 29 Palms, California, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 20 Dec 1978 | Lear Jet 25 | Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States | Flight Trainin | Serious injuries | - |
| 19 Dec 1978 | Piper PA-38 | Schaumburg, Illinois, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 19 Dec 1978 | Sikorsky S-55B | Haines, Florida, United States | Island Helicop | No injuries | - |
| 19 Dec 1978 | Bell 47G5 | Paden, Mississippi, United States | Grady Stevens | No injuries | - |
| 19 Dec 1978 | Cessna 185 | Bethel, Alaska, United States | Samuelson Flyi | No injuries | - |
| 19 Dec 1978 | Bellanca 7G | Meredosia, Illinois, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 19 Dec 1978 | Cessna A188B | PAG0 PAG0, Samoa | Transair Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 19 Dec 1978 | Rockwell 500S | Anchorage, Alaska, United States | Alaska Air SER | No injuries | - |
| 19 Dec 1978 | Beechcraft C35 | Brooksville, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 19 Dec 1978 | Cessna 150 | Ackerly, Texas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 18 Dec 1978 | Piper PA-24 | Driggs, Idaho, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 18 Dec 1978 | De Havilland 114-2X | Cleveland, Ohio, United States | Fischer Bros | Minor injuries | - |
| 18 Dec 1978 | Cessna 150 | Troy, Texas, United States | Skylark Fly SV | No injuries | - |
| 18 Dec 1978 | Beechcraft 23 | Montgomery, Alabama, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 18 Dec 1978 | Piper PA-32 | Ekwok, Alaska, United States | Armstrong Air | No injuries | - |
| 18 Dec 1978 | Piper PA-32R | Prvdenciales, Other-Foreign Countries | Aerosun | No injuries | - |
| 18 Dec 1978 | Cessna R182 | Bullfrog, Utah, United States | Lake Powell | Serious injuries | - |
| 18 Dec 1978 | Bellanca 7GCAA | Walls, Mississippi, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 17 Dec 1978 | Cessna 150 | Mendota, Illinois, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 17 Dec 1978 | Piper PA-28R | Waupun, Wisconsin, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 17 Dec 1978 | Maule M4220C | Coeur D'alene, Idaho, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 17 Dec 1978 | Cessna 182M | Albany, New York, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 17 Dec 1978 | Cessna 150K | Stow, Massachusetts, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 17 Dec 1978 | Grum Amer AA1-A | Aguila, Arizona, United States | - | No injuries | - |