# Accident 19780303024449A: Cessna 411, Chilcoot, CA, March 3, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 3, 1978
- Place: Chilcoot, CA
- Airport: Truckee-Tahoe
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 39.3201° N, 120.1396° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TRUCKEE-TAHOE (TRK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3201&lon=-120.1396&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3212R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3212R-2018-05-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 411 (registry code 2075902, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-411) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 411
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 151 total, 69 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK78FA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78FA020) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780303024449A

## Narrative

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

VFR FLIGHT NOT RECOMMENDED.

## 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 OAK78FA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78FA020), Mar 3, 1978: Cessna 411 (N3212R), Chilcoot, CA, destroyed, 4 fatal

## Other reports on N3212R (1)

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

- [Accident 19750923032269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750923032269A), Sep 23, 1975: Cessna 411 (N3212R), New Castle, PA, Substantial damage. Flew into patchy fog on final apch.

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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