# Accident 19780927040089A: Cessna 402B, Indianapolis, IN, September 27, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 27, 1978
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Airport: Indianapolis International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 39.7173° N, 86.2946° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at INDIANAPOLIS INTL (IND), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7173&lon=-86.2946&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4048Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4048Q-1990-07-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402 (registry code 207590K, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 800 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI78FEX41](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FEX41) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780927040089A

## Narrative

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

CYLINDER AND TRUNNION PN 504-1000-81 CRACKED PRIOR TO ACCIDENT.

## 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 CHI78FEX41](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FEX41), Sep 27, 1978: Cessna 402 (N4048Q), Indianapolis, IN, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4048Q (3)

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

- [Incident 19791023054639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791023054639I), Oct 23, 1979: Cessna 402CESSNA (N4048Q), Ft Wayne, IN, Minor damage. Pilot unable to lower the nose gear due to missing bolt in steering block gimbal, PN5042012-4.
- [Incident 19790112001459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790112001459I), Jan 12, 1979: Cessna 402CESSNA (N4048Q), Rochester, NY. Left landing gear folds on rollout. Bellcrank had failed.
- [Incident 19780124004739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780124004739I), Jan 24, 1978: Cessna 402CESSNA (N4048Q), Cincinnati, OH, Minor damage. Pilot allowed plane to drift off to side of runway into snow along side of runwa. Damage to nosegear.

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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