# Accident 19750615024569A: Cessna 402A, Seattle, WA, June 15, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 15, 1975
- Place: Seattle, WA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 47.6062° N, 122.3321° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Seattle, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.6062&lon=-122.3321&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4504Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4504Q-2017-06-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402A (registry code 207590M, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,552 total, 580 in this make and model, 259 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA75AS045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA75AS045) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750615024569A

## Narrative

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

EXH MANIFOLD,R ENG,FAILED.PIPE DROPPED DWN ON ENG MOUNT. FIRE DMGD NACELLE & WING. LND OK.

## 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 SEA75AS045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA75AS045), Jun 15, 1975: Cessna 402A (N4504Q), Seattle, WA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4504Q (2)

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

- [Accident 19920804028989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920804028989A), Aug 4, 1992: Cessna 402A (N4504Q), Holyoke, CO, Substantial damage. Reported right engine quit on initial climb. Unable fly. Settled into cornfield. No cause for power loss found.
- [Incident 19820506014099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820506014099I), May 6, 1982: Cessna 402A (N4504Q), Bismarck, ND, Minor damage. Unable to lower gear. Broke chain trying to lower gear manually. Landed gear up. Suspect chain jammed gear.

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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