# Accident 19780326026999A: Cessna 411A, Santa Fe, NM, March 26, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 26, 1978
- Place: Santa Fe, NM
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 35.6870° N, 105.9378° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Fe, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6870&lon=-105.9378&mi=10
- Aircraft: N417DR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N417DR-1980-07-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 411A (registry code 2075904, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-411a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 411A
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 5
- Pilot flight hours: 2,700 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN78FA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN78FA034) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780326026999A

## Narrative

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

HIT MOUNTAIN 11700FT MSL,LEVEL FLT.RECOVERED 4/2/78.

## 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 DEN78FA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN78FA034), Mar 26, 1978: Cessna 411 (N417DR), Santa Fe, NM, destroyed, 6 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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