# Accident 19780918032969A: Cessna 401, Garden City, KS, September 18, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 1978
- Place: Garden City, KS
- Airport: Garden City Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 37.9275° N, 100.7244° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GARDEN CITY RGNL (GCK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9275&lon=-100.7244&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6238Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6238Q-2013-05-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 401A (registry code 207590D, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-401a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520-E (registry code 17255, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 401
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,635 total, 1,154 in this make and model, 41 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC78DA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78DA070) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780918032969A

## Narrative

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

L-HAND BELLCRANK ASSEMBLY,P/N 5041001-1,BROKEN.

## 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 MKC78DA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78DA070), Sep 18, 1978: Cessna 401A (N6238Q), Garden City, KS, substantial damage

## Other reports on N6238Q (1)

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

- [Incident 20070828019109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070828019109I), Aug 28, 2007: Cessna 401A (N6238Q), Titusville, FL, Minor damage. (-23) N6238Q reported gear down with no lights, twr advised gear not down. A/c went to holding pattern to perform emergency extension and got 3 green, did low…

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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