# Accident 19780103005469A: Cessna 421, Knoxville, TN, January 3, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 3, 1978
- Place: Knoxville, TN
- Airport: Mcghee Tyson
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 35.8111° N, 83.9941° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MC GHEE TYSON (TYS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8111&lon=-83.9941&mi=10
- Aircraft: N41037, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N41037-1978-06-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421B (registry code 2076014, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 707 total, 50 in this make and model, 59 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD78FA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78FA028) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780103005469A

## Narrative

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

ACFT CLEARED TO DESCEND AT PLT DISCRETION TO 2500FT 34 MILES S OF. ACFT STRUCK MT AT 3800FT.

## 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 IAD78FA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78FA028), Jan 3, 1978: Cessna 421B (N41037), Knoxville, TN, destroyed, 5 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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