# Accident 19740216004419A: Cessna 402A, Gainesville, FL, February 16, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 16, 1974
- Place: Gainesville, FL
- Airport: Gainesville Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 29.6901° N, 82.2718° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GAINESVILLE RGNL (GNV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6901&lon=-82.2718&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7800Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7800Q-1993-10-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402A (registry code 207590M, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,566 total, 1,654 in this make and model, 327 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA74AM071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74AM071) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740216004419A

## Narrative

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

FAILURE OF WING RIB STRUCTURE AT LDG GR SIDE BRACE SUPPORT CASTING.CESSNA SERVICE LTR PERTAINS.

## 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 MIA74AM071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74AM071), Feb 16, 1974: Cessna 402A (N7800Q), Gainesville, FL, substantial damage

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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