# Accident 19730802030279A: Cessna 402A, Bar Harbor, ME, August 2, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 1973
- Place: Bar Harbor, ME
- Airport: Bar Harbor
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 44.3827° N, 68.2033° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BAR HARBOR (22ME), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3827&lon=-68.2033&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4526Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4526Q-1992-05-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402A (registry code 207590M, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402A
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,419 total, 779 in this make and model, 354 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC74AN011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74AN011) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730802030279A

## Narrative

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

NOSE BAGGAGE DOOR CAME OPEN,PLT ABORTED ABOUT 3500FT DWN RWY.UN STOP ON RWY DUE WET ASPHALT.

## 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 NYC74AN011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74AN011), Aug 2, 1973: Cessna 402 (N4526Q), Bar Harbor, ME, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4526Q (1)

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

- [Incident 19851218069169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851218069169I), Dec 18, 1985: Cessna 402A (N4526Q), New Iberia, LA. Realized altimeter was inoperative after entering IFR conditions. Maintenance had taped static ports.

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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