# Accident 19790409013459A: Cessna 402CESSNA, Albuquerque, NM, April 9, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 9, 1979, 20:30 local time
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Airport: Albuquerque International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ops On Grnd From Ldg/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 35.0416° N, 106.5560° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Albuquerque Airport (1928), closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0416&lon=-106.5560&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4514Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4514Q-2013-09-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402A (registry code 207590M, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402CESSNA
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,193 total, 168 in this make and model, 207 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN79FQA24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79FQA24) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790409013459A

## Narrative

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

PILOT TAXIED AIRCRAFT INTO ANOTHER WHILE BEING PARKED ON DARK RAMP.

## 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 DEN79FQA24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79FQA24), Apr 9, 1979: Cessna 402 (N4514Q), Albuquerque, NM, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4514Q (2)

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

- [Incident 19801118088489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801118088489I), Nov 18, 1980: Cessna 402A (N4514Q), Marathon, FL, Minor damage. Tried to take off with fogged windshield. Veered off runway. Prop tip struck runway light. Broke off, hit passenger
- [Accident 19791210041369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791210041369A), Dec 10, 1979: Cessna 402A (N4514Q), Albuquerque, NM, Substantial damage. Landing gear would not lock down. Collapsed on landing roll. Found bent push pull tube, cracked wing ribs.

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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