# Accident 19780616021209A: Boeing N2S3, John Day, OR, June 16, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 16, 1978
- Place: John Day, OR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 44.4181° N, 118.9563° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of John Day, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4181&lon=-118.9563&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4769V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4769V-2012-08-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing E75 (registry code 1380120, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-e75) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING N2S3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,939 total, 78 in this make and model, 78 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA78FYM39](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA78FYM39) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780616021209A

## Narrative

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

UNCERTIFICATED AG OPN.

## 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 SEA78FYM39](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA78FYM39), Jun 16, 1978: Boeing E75N1 (N4769V), John Day, OR, destroyed, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N4769V (1)

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

- [Accident 19750723028199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750723028199A), Jul 23, 1975: Boeing E75 (N4769V), Klamath Falls, OR, 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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