# Accident 19781011043879A: Cessna 402B, Chignik Lake, AK, October 11, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 11, 1978
- Place: Chignik Lake, AK
- Airport: Chignik Lake
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 56.2555° N, 158.7778° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHIGNIK LAKE (A79), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=56.2555&lon=-158.7778&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3963C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3963C-1992-03-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402B (registry code 207590P, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,153 total, 7 in this make and model, 144 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC79DA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC79DA007) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781011043879A

## Narrative

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

LEFT MAIN GEAR RETRACT ROD ATTACH LUG FAILED.

## 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 ANC79DA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC79DA007), Oct 11, 1978: Cessna 402 (N3963C), Chignik Lake, AK, substantial damage

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.