# Accident 19780216004819A: Cessna 340CESSNA, Amarillo, TX, February 16, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 16, 1978
- Place: Amarillo, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 35.2220° N, 101.8313° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Amarillo, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2220&lon=-101.8313&mi=10
- Aircraft: N39L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N39L-1981-05-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340 (registry code 2076404, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340CESSNA
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,599 total, 257 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW78FA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78FA027) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780216004819A

## 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 FTW78FA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78FA027), Feb 16, 1978: Cessna 340 (N39L), Amarillo, TX, destroyed, 1 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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