Aviation accidents in 1979

The NTSB database holds 4,210 accidents and incidents in 1979, recorded between 1979. 713 of them were fatal (17%), and 1,782 people died.

The phase of flight recorded most often is landing (1,694 records).

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

Most of these records are from United States, Unknown/Not Reported and Atlantic Ocean North Lat..

4,208 of these records have no coordinates in the source data, so they appear in the list below but not on the map.

4,210

Records

713

Fatal

1,782

Deaths

17%

Share fatal

1979

Period

Show these on the map 2 of 4,210 have coordinates

Aircraft types involved

Cessna 172 290 Cessna 150 277 Piper PA-28 247 Cessna 182 155 Cessna 152 142 Piper PA-18 74

Where these happened

United States 4,169 Unknown/Not Reported 19 Atlantic Ocean North Lat. 6 Europe 4 Pacific Ocean North Latitudes 3 Central America 2

Operators involved

Petroleum Heli 9 Rocky Mountain 6 Executive Air 5 Braniff Airways, Inc. 5 American Airlines, Inc. 5 Civil Air Patr 4

Phase of flight

Landing 1,694

In Flight 1,463

Takeoff 827

Taxi 142

Static 41

Nearby years

All

1976 4,367 1977 4,469 1978 4,698 1980 3,962 1981 3,878 1982 3,545

All 4,210 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
17 Oct 1979	Cessna 150 N900U	Albany, Ohio, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
15 Oct 1979	Cessna A150L N5936J	Spring Valley, Illinois, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
15 Oct 1979	Cessna 182L N42641	MacKs Inn, Idaho, United States no coordinates	Gallatin Valle	Fatal	1
11 Oct 1979	Rockwell 114 N4989W	Bethany, West Virginia, United States no coordinates	Mountain Aire	Fatal	1
10 Oct 1979	Piper PA-24 N8437P	Ganges, Michigan, United States no coordinates	Dreger, Inc	Fatal	1
9 Oct 1979	Cessna 177 N3331T	Baraga, Michigan, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
9 Oct 1979	Piper PA-31 N9277Y	Uniontown, Pennsylvania, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
7 Oct 1979	Cessna 150F N3033X	Arlington, Washington, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
6 Oct 1979	Bell 206B N3500M	Old Westbury, New York, United States no coordinates	Island Helicop	Fatal	1
4 Oct 1979	Aero Comdr 500 N3815C	Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported no coordinates	Iron Bird	Fatal	1
2 Oct 1979	Piper PA-23 N12JW	Mooresville, North Carolina, United States no coordinates	Miller's Aviat	Fatal	1
1 Oct 1979	Bellanca 17-31 N170EE	North Manchest, Indiana, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
1 Oct 1979	Cessna 152 N89179	Syracuse, Indiana, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
30 Sep 1979	Boeing 747 N750PA	Pacific Ocean, Pacific Ocean North Latitudes no coordinates	Pan American World Airlines	Fatal	1
30 Sep 1979	Cessna 170 N3423C	Horsebranch, Kentucky, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
30 Sep 1979	Piper PA-28 N6116H	Orlando, Florida, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
30 Sep 1979	Cessna 404 N88696	Ft.lauderdale, Florida, United States no coordinates	Ambergate, Ltd	Fatal	1
30 Sep 1979	Piper PA-23 N1267P	Ashford, Connecticut, United States no coordinates	Vernon AVN Inc	Fatal	1
30 Sep 1979	Fly-Baby 1-A N6518	Watertown, Wisconsin, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
30 Sep 1979	Bellanca 8KCAB N499AC	Alma, Illinois, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
29 Sep 1979	Volksplane VP-1 N655	Plainfield, Illinois, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
29 Sep 1979	Piper PA-23 N6378Y	Greensboro, North Carolina, United States no coordinates	ACE, Inc.	Fatal	1
26 Sep 1979	Piper PA-38 N4433E	Chesterfield, Virginia, United States no coordinates	Aero Industrie	Fatal	1
24 Sep 1979	Cessna 2 207 N6405H	Rainy Pass, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Galena Air SER	Fatal	1
21 Sep 1979	Cessna 175 N9466B	Hollister, California, United States no coordinates	Estescon Co	Fatal	1
20 Sep 1979	Cessna 172D N2331U	Greenwich, Connecticut, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
20 Sep 1979	Cessna 150F N8240S	West Quincy, Missouri, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
20 Sep 1979	Bell 47G N2220W	Deming, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	Yellow Bird, In	Fatal	1
19 Sep 1979	Hughes 369HS N8623F	Jacksonville, Florida, United States no coordinates	Jacksonville H	Fatal	1
19 Sep 1979	Beechcraft E18S N705M	Suffield, Connecticut, United States no coordinates	Mountain Air C	Fatal	1
17 Sep 1979	Grumman G-21A N22932	Avalon, California, United States no coordinates	Catalina Air	Fatal	1
16 Sep 1979	Piper PA-23 N9046J	Linville, North Carolina, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
14 Sep 1979	Cessna 210 N6125F	Tucson, Arizona, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
14 Sep 1979	Bellanca 7GC N7676E	Cooper Landing, Alaska, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
14 Sep 1979	Schultz SL-1 N9SL	Reno, Nevada, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
13 Sep 1979	Piper PA-28 N5518V	Mountain View, Missouri, United States no coordinates	J & J Air Serv	Fatal	1
13 Sep 1979	Cessna 150 N8481J	Pennington, New Jersey, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
12 Sep 1979	Piper PA-28 N41413	Cashiers, North Carolina, United States no coordinates	Orrco Corp	Fatal	1
12 Sep 1979	Enstrom F-28A N244Q	Kings Mills, Ohio, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
11 Sep 1979	Beechcraft N35 N9406Y	Olean, New York, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
10 Sep 1979	Cessna 172 N80979	Elkins, West Virginia, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
10 Sep 1979	Piper PA-38 N2440D	Ramona, California, United States no coordinates	Western Sun AV	Fatal	1
10 Sep 1979	Grumman TS-2A N405DF	Ramona, California, United States no coordinates	CA Dept Forres	Fatal	1
9 Sep 1979	Bellanca 17-30A N102CB	Hanover, Pennsylvania, United States no coordinates	Diversified FL	Fatal	1
9 Sep 1979	Cessna 172 N5747A	Lancaster, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
8 Sep 1979	Cessna 172N N1944F	Lafayette, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Paul Fournet A	Fatal	1
8 Sep 1979	Rockwell S2R N5044X	Belzoni, Mississippi, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
8 Sep 1979	Piper PA-18 N8228P	Warrenton, Virginia, United States no coordinates	Warrenton Soar	Fatal	1
6 Sep 1979	Osprey 2 N96JR	Medina, Ohio, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
6 Sep 1979	Mong Sport MS-2 N563A	Sidney, Nebraska, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1