# Accident 19780206001989A: Cessna 402CESSNA, Greensboro, NC, February 6, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 6, 1978
- Place: Greensboro, NC
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 36.0726° N, 79.7920° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Greensboro, NC, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0726&lon=-79.7920&mi=10
- Aircraft: N69284, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N69284-1978-04-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402B (registry code 207590P, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402CESSNA
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,408 total, 540 in this make and model, 91 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD78FA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78FA038) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780206001989A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 IAD78FA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78FA038), Feb 6, 1978: Cessna 402B (N69284), Greensboro, NC, destroyed, 1 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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