# Accident 19781208039369A: Cessna 402B, Hastings, MN, December 8, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 8, 1978
- Place: Hastings, MN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 44.7318° N, 92.8533° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hastings, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7318&lon=-92.8533&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3600T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3600T-2013-03-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402 (registry code 207590K, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,349 total, 252 in this make and model, 280 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC79FER09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79FER09) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781208039369A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 MKC79FER09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79FER09), Dec 8, 1978: Cessna 402 (N3600T), Hastings, MN, substantial damage

## Other reports on N3600T (1)

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

- [Accident 19740910038349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740910038349A), Sep 10, 1974: Cessna 402CESSNA (N3600T), Littleton, CO, Substantial damage. Hard landing 79 ft short. Nose wheel hit rwy lip.

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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