# Accident 19770815022589A: Cessna 401A, Valle, AZ, August 15, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 1977
- Place: Valle, AZ
- Airport: No Name
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Location: 35.6536° N, 112.1385° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Valle, AZ, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6536&lon=-112.1385&mi=10
- Aircraft: N401AC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N401AC-1988-12-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 401A (registry code 207590D, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-401a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 401A
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 215 total, 106 in this make and model, 53 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX77DUJ85](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX77DUJ85) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770815022589A

## Narrative

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

LND BFOR DUE ENROUTE WEA.

## 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 LAX77DUJ85](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX77DUJ85), Aug 15, 1977: Cessna 401A (N401AC), Valle, AZ, substantial damage

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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