# Incident 19790529028369I: Cessna 404CESSNA, Louisburg, NC, May 29, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 1979, 11:50 local time
- Place: Louisburg, NC
- Airport: Ball
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1343° N, 78.2819° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BALL (79NC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1343&lon=-78.2819&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3994C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3994C-2012-11-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 404 (registry code 2075901, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-404) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 404CESSNA
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 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/19790529028369I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT LOADED WITH MARIJUANA FOUND ABANDONED AFTER NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.

## Other reports on N3994C (2)

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

- [Accident 19800425018329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800425018329A), Apr 25, 1980: Cessna 404CESSNA (N3994C), Miami, FL, Destroyed. Aircraft crashed during attempted night off-airport landing. Illegal dope hauling.
- [Incident 19790816031619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790816031619I), Aug 16, 1979: Cessna 404CESSNA (N3994C), Raleigh, NC, Minor damage. Aircraft being flown on ferry permit had a collapse of nose gear on landing. Nose gear tire was flat on landing.

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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