# Accident 19740817030829A: Cessna 320B, Sacramento, CA, August 17, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 1974
- Place: Sacramento, CA
- Airport: Sacramento Exec
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 38.5129° N, 121.4933° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SACRAMENTO EXEC (SAC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5129&lon=-121.4933&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9811L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9811L-1994-10-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 320B (registry code 2074508, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-320b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 320B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 959 total, 865 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK75FVG15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK75FVG15) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740817030829A

## Narrative

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

L UPLOCK TORQUE TUBE ASSY SUPPORT STUD FAILED. CESSNA SVC LTR 67-22 NCW.

## 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 OAK75FVG15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK75FVG15), Aug 17, 1974: Cessna 320B (N9811L), Sacramento, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9811L (1)

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

- [Accident 19920924038699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920924038699A), Sep 24, 1992: Cessna 320B (N9811L), Moose Creek, ID, Destroyed. Lost power both engines IFR en route. Struck tree landing on closed usfs strip. Suffered throttle body icing.

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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