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 Other-Foreign Countries 2

Operators involved

Petroleum Heli 9 Rocky Mountain 6 Braniff Airways, Inc. 5 American Airlines, Inc. 5 Executive Air 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
6 Jun 1979	Bell 47G3B1 N25MP	Washington, District of Columbia, United States no coordinates	District of Co	Fatal	2
3 Jun 1979	Piper PA-28 N4695T	Oceanside, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
31 May 1979	Cessna 182 N618WC	Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
31 May 1979	Cessna 150 N717LC	Pearsall, Texas, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
31 May 1979	Cessna 182 N618WC	Waynesville, North Carolina, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
26 May 1979	Lockheed PV-1 N1514S	Dania, Florida, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
22 May 1979	Piper PA-22 N90649	Cape Seniavin, Alaska, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
22 May 1979	Cessna 172M N1390U	Grand Marais, Minnesota, United States no coordinates	Fleming Aviati	Fatal	2
21 May 1979	Cessna 152 N25356	Greenville, Mississippi, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
19 May 1979	Cessna 195 N9877A	Laytonville, California, United States no coordinates	Aero Photo SER	Fatal	2
14 May 1979	Piper PA-28 N2383T	Long Beach, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
13 May 1979	Piper PA-31 N54286	Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	Verna Drilling	Fatal	2
8 May 1979	Cessna 320E N3432Q	Tucson, Arizona, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
8 May 1979	Mooney M20F N842JW	El Morro, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
7 May 1979	Grum-Amer AA-5 N26306	Jerome, Arizona, United States no coordinates	SW Airmotive	Fatal	2
5 May 1979	Beechcraft C-23 N6550R	Saltsburg, Pennsylvania, United States no coordinates	Suburban Aviat	Fatal	2
5 May 1979	Cessna 172N C-GYVP	Challis, Idaho, United States no coordinates	Norm Air Servi	Fatal	2
5 May 1979	Cessna 172A N7687T	Albany, Kentucky, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
4 May 1979	Cessna 172 N3047V	Centennial, Wyoming, United States no coordinates	Civil Air Patr	Fatal	2
28 Apr 1979	Piper PA-31 N6478L	Labelle, Florida, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
27 Apr 1979	Lockheed PV-1 N544B	Guamtanamo, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
27 Apr 1979	Piper PA-31T N82282	Elyria, Ohio, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
26 Apr 1979	Cessna 172M N61882	Gorman, California, United States no coordinates	Security AVN.	Fatal	2
26 Apr 1979	Cessna 182J N2738F	Hillsboro, Virginia, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
22 Apr 1979	Cessna T210M N6721B	Tahoe City, California, United States no coordinates	Channel Island	Fatal	2
21 Apr 1979	Piper PA-20 N189N	Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
19 Apr 1979	Bell 214B-1 N226RM	Darby, Montana, United States no coordinates	Rocky Mountain	Fatal	2
18 Apr 1979	Cessna 152 N67451	Stormville, New York, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
17 Apr 1979	Piper PA-28 N1895T	Veedersburg, Indiana, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
17 Apr 1979	Piper PA-28 N6347J	Veedersburg, Indiana, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
15 Apr 1979	Cessna 182K N3078Q	Shoshone, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
15 Apr 1979	Beechcraft 58 N20SB	Boca Ration, Florida, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
13 Apr 1979	Bellanca 7GCBC N36338	Crowell, Texas, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
12 Apr 1979	Beechcraft 56TC N72571	Howey In Hills, Florida, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
8 Apr 1979	Piper PA-28R N6601F	Jerome, Arizona, United States no coordinates	Deer Valley AI	Fatal	2
7 Apr 1979	Piper PA-22 N5720D	Monroeville, Pennsylvania, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
3 Apr 1979	Piper PA-34 N6211J	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States no coordinates	Baltimore Airw	Fatal	2
1 Apr 1979	Cessna 175 N6734E	Livingston, Tennessee, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
1 Apr 1979	Piper PA-28 N4897T	Allaire, New Jersey, United States no coordinates	Wilco AVN	Fatal	2
31 Mar 1979	Cessna 170A N5759C	Larkspur, Colorado, United States no coordinates	Assc Flying CL	Fatal	2
26 Mar 1979	Piper PA-28 N1649H	Brothers, Oregon, United States no coordinates	Horizon Aviati	Fatal	2
25 Mar 1979	Globe Swift GC1B N78233	Parker, Arizona, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
24 Mar 1979	Piper PA-28 N7931C	Sacramento, California, United States no coordinates	Petaluma Aero	Fatal	2
23 Mar 1979	Beechcraft E18S N201GW	Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States no coordinates	Great Western	Fatal	2
22 Mar 1979	Cessna U206 N733CT	Nightmute, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Village, Aviati	Fatal	2
19 Mar 1979	Beechcraft 65 N70GC	Arcadia, Florida, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
18 Mar 1979	Cessna 310 N4157A	Castle Rock, Colorado, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
17 Mar 1979	Taylorcraft BC-65 N23633	Orting, Washington, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
17 Mar 1979	Piper PA-24 N7167P	Taft, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
17 Mar 1979	Cessna 310R N3424G	Heber, Arizona, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2