# Accident 19770801031619A: Amtr 0562069, Valparaiso, IN, August 1, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 1977
- Place: Valparaiso, IN
- Airport: Porter County
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 41.4540° N, 87.0071° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PORTER COUNTY RGNL (VPZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4540&lon=-87.0071&mi=10
- Aircraft: N278S (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR 0562069
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI77FET31](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI77FET31) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770801031619A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

No narrative was filed.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI77FET31](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI77FET31), Aug 1, 1977: Turner T-40A (N278S), Valparaiso, IN, destroyed, 2 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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