# Accident 19780518015299A: Cessna 340A, Burbank, CA, May 18, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 18, 1978
- Place: Burbank, CA
- Airport: Hollywood-Burbank
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 34.2007° N, 118.3587° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HOLLYWOOD BURBANK (BUR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2007&lon=-118.3587&mi=10
- Aircraft: N711CS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N711CS-1984-05-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340 (registry code 2076404, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340A
- Reported engine: CONT
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,494 total, 280 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX78FUQ29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78FUQ29) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780518015299A

## Narrative

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

MAINT ANNUAL INSP REFUSED TO LICENSE ACFT FOR LOW COMPRESSION BOTG.LAST ANNUAL RECORD DEC 1976

## 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 LAX78FUQ29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78FUQ29), May 18, 1978: Cessna 340 (N711CS), Burbank, CA, destroyed

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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