Aviation Crash Map

Cessna 177 N10412

1 December 1979 · Gary, Indiana, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 1 December 1979 at about 17:35 local time, a Cessna 177 registered N10412 was involved in an accident during in flight near Gary, Indiana, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 17:35
Classification
Accident
Location
Gary, Indiana, United States
Nearest airport
Gary
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Cessna 177
Registration
N10412
Category
Fixed-Wing
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Private Owner
Purpose of flight
Pleasure
Phase of flight
In Flight
Route
Kankakee, Il → S
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
IMC
Light
Dusk
NTSB number
3-3908

People

1 person died.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 1 0 0 0

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

ACCEPTED INST APCH.NO PLATES FOUND.HISTORY OF OPERATING VFR IN IFR CONDS.CRASHED INTO HOUSE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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