# Accident 19780516027169A: Cessna 402B, Trenton, ME, May 16, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 1978
- Place: Trenton, ME
- Airport: Bar Harbor
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Missed Approach IFR
- Location: 44.3827° N, 68.2033° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BAR HARBOR (22ME), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3827&lon=-68.2033&mi=10
- Aircraft: N98720, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N98720-1981-10-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402B (registry code 207590P, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402B
- Reported engine: CONT
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 7,866 total, 2,365 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC78FA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78FA054) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780516027169A

## Narrative

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

PIC NOT DETERMINED.

## 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 NYC78FA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78FA054), May 16, 1978: Cessna 402B (N98720), Trenton, ME, destroyed, 4 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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