# Accident 19780622026639A: Cessna 402CESSNA, Pottstown, PA, June 22, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 22, 1978
- Place: Pottstown, PA
- Airport: Pottstown-Limeric
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 40.2509° N, 75.6448° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pottstown, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2509&lon=-75.6448&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8283F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8283F-2017-02-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402 (registry code 207590K, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402CESSNA
- Reported engine: CONT
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 303 total, 41 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC78FA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78FA067) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780622026639A

## 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 NYC78FA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78FA067), Jun 22, 1978: Cessna 402 (N8283F), Pottstown, PA, destroyed, 5 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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