# Accident 19780205042279A: Cessna 320D, AK, February 5, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 5, 1978
- Place: AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Aircraft: N234M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N234M-2008-02-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 320D (registry code 2074512, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-320d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 320D
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 5
- Pilot flight hours: 92 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC78FA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC78FA018) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780205042279A

## 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 ANC78FA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC78FA018), Feb 5, 1978: Cessna 320D (N234M), Wrangell, AK, destroyed, 5 fatal

## Other reports on N234M (1)

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

- [Accident 19761207041419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761207041419A), Dec 7, 1976: Cessna 320D (N234M), Wheeling, IL, Substantial damage. N7486Q(Cessna 182P) & N7898D(Piper PA22) both received 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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