# Accident 19771208038409A: Cessna 414, Valparaiso, IN, December 8, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 8, 1977
- Place: Valparaiso, IN
- Airport: Porter County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- 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: N414BA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N414BA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 414 (registry code 2075908, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-414) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total, 1,953 in this make and model, 97 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI78FET05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FET05) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19771208038409A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK RIDGE OF ICE ON RUNWAY COVERED WITH SNOW.

## 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 CHI78FET05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FET05), Dec 8, 1977: Cessna 414 (N414BA), Valparaiso, IN, substantial damage

## Other reports on N414BA (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20250608006219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250608006219A), Jun 8, 2025: Cessna 414 (N414BA), San Diego, CA, Destroyed, 6 fatal. On the day of the accident the pilot filed an IFR flight plan on his ipad through foreflight. He phoned CFI because he wasn’t sure about the procedure.…

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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