# Accident 19780922050689A: Cessna 337, Atlanta, GA, September 22, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 22, 1978, 14:43 local time
- Place: Atlanta, GA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7490° N, 84.3880° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Atlanta, GA, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7490&lon=-84.3880&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1309L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1309L-2013-07-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 337G (registry code 2075730, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-337g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 337
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 17,731 total, 0 in this make and model, 116 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA78FA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78FA126) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780922050689A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS FOUND WHERE IT CRASHED IN TREES. TOXICOLOGY REPORT SHOWED ALCOHOL IN PILOT.

## 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 MIA78FA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78FA126), Sep 22, 1978: Cessna 337G (N1309L), Atlanta, GA, destroyed, 2 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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