# Accident 19771115041919A: Cessna 441, Greensboro, AL, November 15, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 15, 1977
- Place: Greensboro, AL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 32.7010° N, 87.5937° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Greensboro, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7010&lon=-87.5937&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9971G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9971G-1978-03-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 441 (registry code 2076020, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-441) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 441
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 6
- Pilot flight hours: 1,967 total, 0 in this make and model, 49 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA78FA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78FA013) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19771115041919A

## Narrative

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

COMPLETE IN-FLIGHT BREAKUP.

## 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 MIA78FA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78FA013), Nov 15, 1977: Cessna 441 (N9971G), Greensboro, AL, destroyed, 7 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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