# Accident 19780820038959A: Cessna LC126C, Whitesburg, KY, August 20, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 1978
- Place: Whitesburg, KY
- Airport: Whitesburg
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Location: 37.2219° N, 82.8742° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Whitesburg Municipal Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2219&lon=-82.8742&mi=10
- Aircraft: N11DK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N11DK-1978-08-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 195A (registry code 2073110, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-195a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA LC126C
- Reported engine: JACOBS
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD78FA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78FA097) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780820038959A

## Narrative

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

RUBBER HOSE FROM OIL SUMP TO MAIN SCREEN FRACTURED.BOTTOM OF FUSE COVERED WITH OIL.MTN TERRAIN

## 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 IAD78FA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78FA097), Aug 20, 1978: Cessna 195 (N11DK), Whitesburg, KY, destroyed, 4 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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