# Accident 19780728043059A: Cessna 402B, Indianapolis, IN, July 28, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 1978
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 39.7684° N, 86.1580° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Indianapolis, IN, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7684&lon=-86.1580&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4167G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4167G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402B (registry code 207590P, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,259 total, 87 in this make and model, 133 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI78FEX27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FEX27) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780728043059A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ABORTED TAKEOFF RUN FOR UNKNOWN REASON.

## 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 CHI78FEX27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FEX27), Jul 28, 1978: Cessna 402B (N4167G), Indianapolis, IN, destroyed

## Other reports on N4167G (1)

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

- [Accident 20240711014689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240711014689A), Jul 11, 2024: Cessna 402B (N4167G), Aguadilla, PR, Destroyed, 1 fatal. On July 11, 2024, about 0923 atlantic standard time, a Cessna 402B airplane, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Rafael Hernandez Airport…

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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