# Accident 19780519028479A: Cessna 402CESSNA, Alexandria, MN, May 19, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 19, 1978
- Place: Alexandria, MN
- Airport: Alexandria Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Missed Approach IFR
- Location: 45.8772° N, 95.3770° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Alexandria, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8772&lon=-95.3770&mi=10
- Aircraft: N87143 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402CESSNA
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,460 total, 30 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC78FA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78FA039) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780519028479A

## 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 MKC78FA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78FA039), May 19, 1978: Cessna 402B (N87143), Alexandria, MN, 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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