# Incident 19790523027659I: Cessna 402B, West Mifflin, PA, May 23, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 1979, 09:30 local time
- Place: West Mifflin, PA
- Airport: Allegheny Co
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 40.3544° N, 79.9290° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALLEGHENY COUNTY (AGC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3544&lon=-79.9290&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6382X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6382X-1992-02-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402B (registry code 207590P, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402B
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 200 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/19790523027659I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT TAIL STRUCK GROUND AFTER PARKING WHEN PASSENGERS WENT TO REAR.

## Other reports on N6382X (2)

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

- [Accident 19891029043369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891029043369A), Oct 29, 1989: Cessna 402B (N6382X), Little Rock, AR, Substantial damage, 1 fatal. Backfire in right engine and fire in wing. Crash landed on a freeway.
- [Incident 19810807061519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810807061519I), Aug 7, 1981: Cessna 402B (N6382X), North Canton, OH, Minor damage. Pilot taxiing to ramp struck nose of another aircraft with wing of this aircraft. Minor damage.

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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