# Accident 19780317010839A: Cessna 177, Maryville, TN, March 17, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 17, 1978
- Place: Maryville, TN
- Airport: Mcghee Tyson Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- 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: N3379T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3379T-1980-07-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177 (registry code 2073704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 7,937 total, 449 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD78FA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78FA049) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780317010839A

## Narrative

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

IFR DEPARTURE.SNOW ON ACFT.EST 265LBS OVER GWT.SETTLED AFTER TKOFBLE TO CLIMB.FCST ICING COND.

## 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 IAD78FA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78FA049), Mar 17, 1978: Cessna 177 (N3379T), Maryville, TN, destroyed, 4 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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