# Accident 19760817034649A: Cessna 402CESSNA, Hays, KS, August 17, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 1976
- Place: Hays, KS
- Airport: Hays Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 38.8422° N, 99.2732° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HAYS RGNL (HYS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8422&lon=-99.2732&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4055Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4055Q-2007-03-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402 (registry code 207590K, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402CESSNA
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,025 total, 2,203 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC76AK078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC76AK078) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760817034649A

## Narrative

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

PLT FAILED MAINT DIR CONTROL TAXIING.RT GEAR STRUCK AND FELL INTO MAN HOLE ADJACENT TO TAXIWAY.

## 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 MKC76AK078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC76AK078), Aug 17, 1976: Cessna 402 (N4055Q), Hays, KS, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4055Q (1)

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

- [Incident 19960805029559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960805029559I), Aug 5, 1996: Cessna 402CESSNA (N4055Q), Las Vegas, NV, Minor damage. Narrative: during taxi to runway 18 for takeoff, pilot began to apply brakes and stated nothing happened. The aircraft pulled to the left. Pilot then applied…

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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