# Accident 19761022033409A: Cessna 402A, Erin, TN, October 22, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 1976
- Place: Erin, TN
- Airport: Cook Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 36.3163° N, 87.7008° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Erin, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3163&lon=-87.7008&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4532Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4532Q-2001-10-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402A (registry code 207590M, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 192 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD77FKW05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD77FKW05) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761022033409A

## Narrative

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

PLT CONTINUED T/O IFR AFTER WNDSHD & WINDOWS FOGGED UP DURING VFR DEPARTURE.

## 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 IAD77FKW05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD77FKW05), Oct 22, 1976: Cessna 402 (N4532Q), Erin, TN, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4532Q (3)

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

- [Accident 19900116000919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900116000919A), Jan 16, 1990: Cessna 402A (N4532Q), Mosinee, WI, Destroyed. Struck trees and crashed during third missed approach. Was off center line on two tries. Freezing drizzle in area.
- [Incident 19840319015669I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840319015669I), Mar 19, 1984: Cessna 402A (N4532Q), Albuquerque, NM, Minor damage. Manifold pressure continued to drop on left engine on climbout. Return. Bolts holding the exhaust bellows failed.
- [Incident 19821220068599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821220068599I), Dec 20, 1982: Cessna 402A (N4532Q), Albuquerque, NM, Minor damage. Engine failure. Propeller would not feather. Hole burned through cylinders at exhaust port. #4 cylinder studs gone.

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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