# Accident 19781203037429A: Cessna 421, Taos, NM, December 3, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 3, 1978
- Place: Taos, NM
- Airport: Taos
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 36.4517° N, 105.6731° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TAOS RGNL (SKX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.4517&lon=-105.6731&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8710G (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,261 total, 104 in this make and model, 134 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN79FQA09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79FQA09) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781203037429A

## Narrative

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

CESSNA SERVICE BULLETIN NOT COMPLIED WITH TO STRENGTHEN NOSEGEAR MBLY.

## 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 DEN79FQA09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79FQA09), Dec 3, 1978: Cessna 421 (N8710G), Taos, NM, 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.

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