# Accident 19790311004579A: Cessna 320D, El Paso, TX, March 11, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 11, 1979, 12:07 local time
- Place: El Paso, TX
- Airport: International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.7587° N, 106.4869° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of El Paso, TX, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.7587&lon=-106.4869&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3322Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3322Q-2015-01-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 320D (registry code 2074512, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-320d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 320D
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20,850 total, 1,230 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW79FQD08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FQD08) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790311004579A

## Narrative

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

COMPLETE FAILURE OF EXHAUST FLANGE ON INBOARD SIDE OF EXHAUST MANIFOLD. FIRE IN FLIGHT.

## 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 FTW79FQD08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FQD08), Mar 11, 1979: Cessna 320D (N3322Q), El Paso, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N3322Q (2)

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

- [Accident 19870724038219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870724038219A), Jul 24, 1987: Cessna 320D (N3322Q), Banning, CA, Substantial damage. The aircraft veered off the taxiway and struck a ditch during taxi.
- [Accident 19801003045689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801003045689A), Oct 3, 1980: Cessna 320D (N3322Q), North Little Ro, AR, Substantial damage. Pilot forgot to put gear down due to problems with flaps.

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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