# Incident 19781224020979I: Cessna 402B, San Francisco, CA, December 24, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 24, 1978, 15:05 local time
- Place: San Francisco, CA
- Airport: International
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 37.7750° N, 122.4194° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Francisco, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7750&lon=-122.4194&mi=10
- Aircraft: N234AC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N234AC-2013-10-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402B (registry code 207590P, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402B
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,700 total, 250 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781224020979I

## Narrative

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

BAGGAGE DOOR CAME OPEN ON TAKEOFF, IT HAD NOT BEEN PROPERLY SECURED.

## Other reports on N234AC (1)

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

- [Incident 19820817046219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820817046219I), Aug 17, 1982: Cessna 402B (N234AC), Santa Rosa, CA, Minor damage. Pilot landed with gear up.

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.