# Accident 19790422017709A: Cessna 320E, Covington, LA, April 22, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 22, 1979, 13:55 local time
- Place: Covington, LA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4802° N, 90.1118° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Covington, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4802&lon=-90.1118&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3482Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3482Q-2012-09-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 320E (registry code 2074514, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-320e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 320E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 8,183 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW79FA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FA076) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790422017709A

## Narrative

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

ACFT DIVED INTO GROUND IN AREA OF THUNDERSTORM, LOW CEILING & HEAVY RAIN. PILOT HAD RECORD OF HEART DISEASE.

## 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 FTW79FA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FA076), Apr 22, 1979: Cessna 320E (N3482Q), Covington, LA, destroyed, 3 fatal

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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