# Incident 19781011030069I: Cessna 404CESSNA, Covington, KY, October 11, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 11, 1978, 09:35 local time
- Place: Covington, KY
- Airport: Greater Cincinnat
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0351° N, 84.5196° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Covington, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0351&lon=-84.5196&mi=10
- Aircraft: N37144, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N37144-2004-04-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 404 (registry code 2075901, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-404) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 404CESSNA
- Reported engine: CONT GTSIO520M
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD79IA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79IA003) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781011030069I

## Narrative

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

CONNECTING ROD CAP BOLTS FAILED, ROD BROKE THROUGH THE CASE.

## 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 IAD79IA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79IA003), Oct 11, 1978: Cessna 404 (N37144), Covington, KY, incident, minor damage

## Other reports on N37144 (2)

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

- [Incident 19960719042689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960719042689I), Jul 19, 1996: Cessna 404CESSNA (N37144), Cody, WY, Minor damage. Narrative: on July 19, 1996 at 2016 hrs. MST a Cessna 404, registration #N37144 departed thermopolis, WY.(thp) on a flight to Cody, WY, (cod). Upon landing at…
- [Incident 19861210081949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861210081949I), Dec 10, 1986: Cessna 404CESSNA (N37144), Denver, CO, Minor damage. Tug driver did not see aircraft taxiing on the ramp. Tug collided with aircraft.

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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