# Incident 19790508025929I: Cessna 402CESSNA, Des Moines, IA, May 8, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 1979, 08:30 local time
- Place: Des Moines, IA
- Airport: Municipal
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 41.6005° N, 93.6091° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Des Moines, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6005&lon=-93.6091&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4090L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4090L-2013-03-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402B (registry code 207590P, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402b) (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: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total, 500 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/19790508025929I

## Narrative

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

PANEL LIGHTS BECAME BRIGHT AND THEN AVIONICS CB STARTED POPPING.

## Other reports on N4090L (3)

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

- [Incident 19801106079049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801106079049I), Nov 6, 1980: Cessna 402B (N4090L), Boston, MA. Nose cargo door came open after takeoff.
- [Accident 19770203002169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770203002169A), Feb 3, 1977: Cessna 402B (N4090L), Bennington, VT, Substantial damage. Used lft side of rw to avoid snow on rt,lft wheel veered off rwy edge into snow.
- [Accident 19740820032049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740820032049A), Aug 20, 1974: Cessna 402B (N4090L), Boonton, NJ, Substantial damage. Pwr decreased ovr trees,nose lwrd to maintain a/s.acft dscndd to gnd abt 65FT bfr rwy.

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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