Aviation Crash Map

Aviation accidents in 1977

The NTSB database holds 4,469 accidents and incidents in 1977, recorded between 1977. 739 of them were fatal (17%), and 2,719 people died.

The phase of flight recorded most often is landing (1,831 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, Other-Foreign Countries and Mexico.

4,468 of these records have no coordinates in the source data, so they appear in the list below but not on the map.

4,469
Records
739
Fatal
2,719
Deaths
17%
Share fatal
1977
Period
Show these on the map 1 of 4,469 have coordinates

Aircraft types involved

Cessna 150 399 Cessna 172 303 Piper PA-28 277 Cessna 182 151 Piper PA-18 93 Piper PA-24 86

Where these happened

United States 4,421 Other-Foreign Countries 13 Mexico 11 Unknown/Not Reported 7 Europe 5 Atlantic Ocean North Lat. 4

Operators involved

Civil Air Patr 7 United Air Lines, Inc. 6 Eastern Air Lines, Inc. 6 Aero Sport 5 Frontier Flyin 5 American Airlines, Inc. 5

All 4,469 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date Aircraft Location Operator Outcome Died
26 Oct 1977 Mooney M20J
N201GT
 Morristown, Vermont, United States
no coordinates
 LSA Sales Inc Fatal 4
23 Oct 1977 Piper PA-28
N55184
 Blair, Nebraska, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 4
23 Oct 1977 N American NAVION
N91580
 Yakima, Washington, United States
no coordinates
 Fischer Lumber Fatal 4
9 Oct 1977 Cessna 182P
N7049S
 Wise, Virginia, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 4
17 Sep 1977 Cessna 177RG
N7531V
 Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported
no coordinates
 Plymouth Aero Fatal 4
16 Sep 1977 Cessna 172
N7645G
 Lauderhill, Florida, United States
no coordinates
 Trainaire Fatal 4
12 Sep 1977 Douglas DC-7BF
N6314J
 Yakutat, Alaska, United States
no coordinates
 Safe Air Cargo Fatal 4
31 Aug 1977 Piper PA-32
N3422W
 Corona, California, United States
no coordinates
 Holiday Aero Fatal 4
28 Aug 1977 Beechcraft F35
N3357C
 North Wales, Pennsylvania, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 4
26 Aug 1977 Aerostar 601
N7481S
 Little Norway, California, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 4
26 Aug 1977 Cessna 182C
N8532T
 Little Norway, California, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 4
25 Aug 1977 Mooney M20E
N79389
 Torrance, California, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 4
23 Aug 1977 Cessna 170
N4052V
 Florence, Wisconsin, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 4
21 Aug 1977 Cessna 185
N1738R
 Hansville, Washington, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 4
20 Aug 1977 Piper PA-28
N8474F
 Los Banos, California, United States
no coordinates
 Blue Aviation Fatal 4
18 Aug 1977 Fairchild F24
N81225
 Cedar, Michigan, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 4
12 Aug 1977 Beechcraft 58
N9265Q
 Parkersburg, West Virginia, United States
no coordinates
 Rambar Aviatio Fatal 4
11 Aug 1977 Cessna U206
N8062Z
 Engle, New Mexico, United States
no coordinates
 Southwest Avia Fatal 4
6 Aug 1977 Piper PA-28R
N3009Q
 De Witt, Illinois, United States
no coordinates
 Cardinal Aircr Fatal 4
23 Jul 1977 Beechcraft D35
N444Y
 Bakersville, Colorado, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 4
22 Jul 1977 Piper PA-28
N5438F
 Jackpot, Nevada, United States
no coordinates
 Skyways Inc. Fatal 4
15 Jul 1977 Piper PA-22
N2928P
 Bunker, Missouri, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 4
4 Jul 1977 Piper PA-23
N4338P
 Freesoil, Michigan, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 4
25 Jun 1977 Mooney M20F
N9349V
 Port Huron, Michigan, United States
no coordinates
 1064 Flying CL Fatal 4
22 Jun 1977 Piper PA-28
N55548
 Walker, Minnesota, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 4
13 Jun 1977 Lake LA-4
N1223L
 Matanuska Glcr, Alaska, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 4
11 Jun 1977 Piper PA-24
N6349P
 Grafton, Wisconsin, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 4
7 Jun 1977 Piper PA-28
N2161T
 Spokane, Washington, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 4
7 Jun 1977 Cessna 172M
N80078
 Gordon, Nebraska, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 4
1 Jun 1977 Cessna T210G
N6888R
 Elgin, Oregon, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 4
27 May 1977 Piper PA-24
N9326P
 Evansville, Wisconsin, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 4
22 May 1977 Piper PA-28
N5110L
 Keeseville, New York, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 4
20 May 1977 Cessna 310N
N4153Q
 Amarillo, Texas, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 4
20 May 1977 Piper PA-28
N55644
 White Bear Lke, Minnesota, United States
no coordinates
 Univ of Minnes Fatal 4
19 May 1977 Cessna 172M
N20548
 Lahaina, Hawaii, United States
no coordinates
 Island Pacific Fatal 4
16 May 1977 Piper PA-23
N2175P
 Ashland, Oregon, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 4
16 May 1977 Sikorsky S-61L
N619PA
 New York, New York, United States
no coordinates
 New York Airways, Inc. Fatal 4
14 May 1977 Cessna 172
N9213H
 Dana Point, California, United States
no coordinates
 Dean Aviation Fatal 4
5 May 1977 Beechcraft 35
N2826V
 Huntington Bch, California, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 4
4 May 1977 Beechcraft J35
N83W
 Lander, Wyoming, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 4
28 Apr 1977 Beechcraft HS.125
N40PC
 McLean, Virginia, United States
no coordinates
 Southern Compa Fatal 4
23 Apr 1977 Aero Comdr 690A
N847
 Chicago, Illinois, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 4
20 Apr 1977 Piper PA-28
N9803W
 Windsor, North Carolina, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 4
16 Apr 1977 Bellanca 14-13
N74483
 Thomaston, Georgia, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 4
16 Apr 1977 Grum Amer AA5-A
N9894U
 Flagstaff, Arizona, United States
no coordinates
 Junes Aviation Fatal 4
11 Apr 1977 Beechcraft A36
N2135L
 Miami, Florida, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 4
9 Apr 1977 Cessna 195
N4377N
 Reading, Pennsylvania, United States
no coordinates
 Hagerstown CAS Fatal 4
9 Apr 1977 Nord 262
N7886A
 Reading, Pennsylvania, United States
no coordinates
 Altair Airline Fatal 4
3 Apr 1977 Avions Mrcl DA-10
N60MB
 Denver, Colorado, United States
no coordinates
 Mountain Bell Fatal 4
26 Mar 1977 Piper PA-28
N8690W
 Powell, Tennessee, United States
no coordinates
 - Fatal 4