# Accident 19770813040989A: Cessna 402A, Yates City, IL, August 13, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 1977
- Place: Yates City, IL
- Airport: Tri County Rla
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 40.7776° N, 90.0139° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Yates City, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7776&lon=-90.0139&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4554Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4554Q-1980-10-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402A (registry code 207590M, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 8,497 total, 3,358 in this make and model, 254 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI77FA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI77FA065) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770813040989A

## Narrative

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

OVERFLEW AVAILABLE FIELDS.

## 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 CHI77FA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI77FA065), Aug 13, 1977: Cessna 402A (N4554Q), Yates City, IL, destroyed, 3 fatal

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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