# Accident 19780122000629A: Cessna 177, Hayes Center, NE, January 22, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 22, 1978
- Place: Hayes Center, NE
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 40.5110° N, 101.0204° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hayes Center, NE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5110&lon=-101.0204&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3415T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3415T-1978-03-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177 (registry code 2073704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 477 total, 203 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC78FCJ08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78FCJ08) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780122000629A

## 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 MKC78FCJ08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78FCJ08), Jan 22, 1978: Cessna 177 (N3415T), Hayes Center, NE, destroyed, 3 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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