# Accident 19790607031529A: Cessna 402A, Wenatchee, WA, June 7, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 7, 1979, 20:50 local time
- Place: Wenatchee, WA
- Airport: Pangborn
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.3988° N, 120.2068° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PANGBORN MEML (EAT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.3988&lon=-120.2068&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4549Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4549Q-2013-06-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402A (registry code 207590M, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,700 total, 350 in this make and model, 165 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA79FA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA79FA038) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790607031529A

## Narrative

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

ENG FIRE WAS NOTED AT TOUCHDOWN. PLT SECURED ENGINE. FIRE DEPT PUT OUT FIRE. FOUND LEAKING FUEL LINE.

## 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 SEA79FA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA79FA038), Jun 7, 1979: Cessna 402 (N4549Q), Wenatchee, WA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4549Q (2)

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

- [Incident 20100629035719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100629035719I), Jun 29, 2010: Cessna 402A (N4549Q), Puyallup, WA, Minor damage. On 6/29/2010, at approximately 0011 hrs, PDT, CE-402A aircraft, N4549Q, operating as aeroflight 422 (tvda 422), under part 91, on an IFR flight plan in VMC…
- [Accident 19870317006349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870317006349A), Mar 17, 1987: Cessna 402A (N4549Q), Walla Walla, WA, Substantial damage. Right main gear collasped on landing. Bell crank assembly broke on instant overload.

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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