# Accident 19780907043439A: Cessna 402CESSNA, Hyder, AZ, September 7, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 1978
- Place: Hyder, AZ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 33.0164° N, 113.3488° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hyder, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0164&lon=-113.3488&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7866Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7866Q-1981-10-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402B (registry code 207590P, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402CESSNA
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,289 total, 2,622 in this make and model, 289 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX78FA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78FA075) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780907043439A

## Narrative

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

BOLT CONNECTING BALL JOINT ON L ENG R SIDE FOUND MISSING.

## 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 LAX78FA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78FA075), Sep 7, 1978: Cessna 402B (N7866Q), Hyder, AZ, 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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