# Accident 19780516028489A: Cessna 402B, Covington, KY, May 16, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 1978
- Place: Covington, KY
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 39.0351° N, 84.5196° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Covington, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0351&lon=-84.5196&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5422G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5422G-2013-04-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 404 (registry code 2075901, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-404) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,218 total, 109 in this make and model, 252 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD78FA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78FA064) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780516028489A

## Narrative

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

CESSNA P/N9910298-5 ELBOW RING ADAPTER FAILED.HOT EXHAUST GAS DAM ACFT.

## 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 IAD78FA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78FA064), May 16, 1978: Cessna 404 (N5422G), Covington, KY, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5422G (1)

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

- [Incident 19800225043159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800225043159I), Feb 25, 1980: Cessna 404CESSNA (N5422G), Mammoth Lakes, CA, Minor damage. Brakes failed during turn off runway, due to failure of master cylinder. Airplane hit snowbank.

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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