# Accident 19791201037799A: Cessna 177, Gary, IN, December 1, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 1, 1979, 17:35 local time
- Place: Gary, IN
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5934° N, 87.3464° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gary, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5934&lon=-87.3464&mi=10
- Aircraft: N10412, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N10412-1982-09-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177B (registry code 2073708, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,134 total, 434 in this make and model, 48 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI80FA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FA013) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791201037799A

## Narrative

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

PILOT CONTINUED FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER AND CRASHED INTO HOUSE.

## 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 CHI80FA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FA013), Dec 1, 1979: Cessna 177 (N10412), Gary, IN, destroyed, 1 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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