N401GS

Cancelled 2023

Deregistered aircraft · 1969 Cessna 401A · Continental TSIO-520 series

Cancelled
December 5, 2023
Status when cancelled
Valid registration
Serial number
401A-0063
Year built
1969
Type
Fixed wing multi engine
Engine
Reciprocating
Airworthiness
Standard, normal
Airworthiness date
November 3, 1993
Certificate issued
July 29, 2022
Last registry action
August 18, 2023
Mode S code
A4B0FF
Owner when cancelled
Grabowski David C
Owner type
Individual

From the FAA registry file of October 29, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners’ street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

FAA incident reports · 1

FAA accident and incident reports matched to this aircraft by N401GS and the event date: up to this one’s cancellation.

Service difficulty reports · 6

Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.

SDR EBTR20150309008Unknown · unknownSHORTLY AFTER TAKE-OFF AT APPROXIMATELY 200 FT AGL, PILOT NOTICED PARTIAL LEFT ENGINE POWER LOSS WITH ENGINE FUEL FLOW SURGING FROM MINIMUM TO MAXIMUM. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY RETURNED AND LANDED . NOTICED WHEN PULLING POWER BACK TO LAND PROBLEM LEFT. VISUALMar 5, 2015 · N401GS · Cessna 401A · Engine (Reciprocating)SDR EBTR20130305007Lug · failedAPPROXIMATELY 1.5 HRS INTO FLIGHT, PILOT NOTED RT ENGINE MANIFOLD PRESSURE DROPPED AFTER SWITCHING FUEL TANKS ADJUSTED POWER, ENGINE MANIFOLD PRESSURE DROPPED AND SURGED, PILOT NOTICED OIL ON TOP OF RT ENG COWL AND OIL PRESSURE LOW AND SURGING, REDUCED POWERMar 5, 2013 · N401GS · Cessna 401A · Engine Mount SectionSDR EBTR20120712006Control Cable · brokenON APPROACH PILOT SELECTED FULL FLAPS, HEARD LOUD POP AIRCRAFT WANTED TO ROLL RIGHT. CORRECTED WITH AILERON, DECLARED EMERGENCY AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENCE. INSPECTED AIRCRAFT FOUND THAT A FLOOR PANEL CLIP NUT HAD BECOME CAUGHT IN FLAP DRIVE GEAR/CHAIN CAUSJul 9, 2012 · N401GS · Cessna 401A · Aileron Control SystemSDR EBT2009F00000Torque Tube · brokenDURING RETURN FLIGHT, PILOTS NOTICED SLOPPY RUDDER CONTROL, THEY INVESTIGATED AND FOUND VERY LITTLE RUDDER INPUT FROM LT PEDAL ON BOTH PILOT AND CO-PILOTS SIDE. USING RUDDER TRIM FOUND THEY COULD CONTROL RUDDER. THEY FOUND CLOSEST AIRPORT ENROUTE WITH WINDS Mar 30, 2009 · N401GS · Cessna 401A · Rudder StructureSDR 98ZZZX115Lifter · galledLIFTER/CAMSHAFT GALLED. LIFTER BODY CHIP FOUND IN OIL FILTER. PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE CAUSING LOW OIL PRESSURE. ENGINE TORN DOWN, NEW PARTS INSTALLED.Oct 14, 1997 · N401GS · Cessna 401A · Reciprocating Engine Power SectionSDR 98ZZZX114Camshaft · galledLIFTER/CAMSHAFT GALLED. LIFTER BODY CHIP FOUND IN OIL FILTER. PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE CAUSING LOW OIL PRESSURE. ENGINE TORN DOWN, NEW PARTS INSTALLED.Oct 14, 1997 · N401GS · Cessna 401A · Reciprocating Engine Power Section