# Accident 19790217005789A: Cessna 414A, Lincoln, NE, February 17, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 17, 1979, 11:15 local time
- Place: Lincoln, NE
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8000° N, 96.6670° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lincoln, NE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8000&lon=-96.6670&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30FB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N30FB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 414A (registry code 2075907, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-414a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520-NB (registry code 17265, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-nb) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,440 total, 56 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC79FCJ09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79FCJ09) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790217005789A

## Narrative

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

PILOT'S ATTENTION WAS DIVERTED DURING TAKE-OFF AND AIRCRAFT HIT SNOWBANK. IFR CONDITIONS EXISTED.

## 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 MKC79FCJ09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79FCJ09), Feb 17, 1979: Cessna 414A (N30FB), Lincoln, NE, 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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