# Incident 19790427025219I: Cessna 340A, Columbia, SC, April 27, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 27, 1979, 17:15 local time
- Place: Columbia, SC
- Airport: Metro
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0007° N, 81.0348° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Columbia, SC, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0007&lon=-81.0348&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5324J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5324J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340A (registry code 2076405, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340A
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,700 total, 343 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/19790427025219I

## Narrative

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

PITCH CONTROL DIFICULTIES DUE TO A SPLIT TURNBARREL AND PARTIALLY SEPARATED CABLE. FOUND 5 TRIM TURNBUCKLES BROKEN.

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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