# Accident 19780424015089A: Cessna 411, Kissimmee, FL, April 24, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 1978
- Place: Kissimmee, FL
- Airport: Kissimmee
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 28.2836° N, 81.4090° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KISSIMMEE (FA17), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.2836&lon=-81.4090&mi=10
- Aircraft: N411HG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N411HG-2013-08-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 411 (registry code 2075902, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-411) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 411
- Reported engine: CONT
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,060 total, 410 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA78FLD37](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78FLD37) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780424015089A

## Narrative

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

NUMBER 1 CONNECTING ROD BROKEN AT CRANKSHAFT END.

## 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 MIA78FLD37](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78FLD37), Apr 24, 1978: Cessna 411 (N411HG), Kissimmee, FL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N411HG (2)

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

- [Accident 19770121000519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770121000519A), Jan 21, 1977: Cessna 411 (N411HG), Artesia, NM, Substantial damage. Left gear bell crank assy PN5041001-1 broken. Tt on part 3085HRS.
- [Accident 19751022034619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19751022034619A), Oct 22, 1975: Cessna 411 (N411HG), Colorado Spgs, CO, Substantial damage. Mistook taxiway for rwy due poor vis. Twr informed plt abt liftoff & he aborted. Hit barrier chain.

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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