# Accident 19730320004209A: Cessna 401A, Morrisville, NC, March 20, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 20, 1973
- Place: Morrisville, NC
- Airport: Raleigh-Durham
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 35.8776° N, 78.7875° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RALEIGH-DURHAM INTL (RDU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8776&lon=-78.7875&mi=10
- Aircraft: N501BJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N501BJ-2023-05-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 401A (registry code 207590D, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-401a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 401A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,531 total, 305 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD73FLJ21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD73FLJ21) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730320004209A

## Narrative

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

L WING TIP TANK HIT CORNER OF METAL HANGAR.

## 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 IAD73FLJ21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD73FLJ21), Mar 20, 1973: Cessna 401A (N501BJ), Morrisville, NC, substantial damage

## Other reports on N501BJ (1)

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

- [Incident 19851205073559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851205073559I), Dec 5, 1985: Cessna 401A (N501BJ), Redding, CA, Minor damage. Unsafe nose gear indication and collapse on rollout. Found retract linkage misaligned. Preventing normal locking.

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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