# Incident 19790617022029I: Cessna 401, Atlanta, GA, June 17, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 1979, 10:30 local time
- Place: Atlanta, GA
- Airport: De Kalb Peachtree
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8760° N, 84.3020° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DEKALB-PEACHTREE (PDK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8760&lon=-84.3020&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3217Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3217Q-2016-11-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 401 (registry code 207590C, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-401) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 401
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,450 total, 60 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/19790617022029I

## Narrative

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

PROP BLADE FAILED EARLY IN THE TAKEOFF RUN. FAILED IN AN AREA OF PREVIOUS DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N3217Q (1)

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

- [Incident 20040420009309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040420009309I), Apr 20, 2004: Cessna 401 (N3217Q), Dallas, TX. (-23) The pilot requested a long landing on 13L at Dallas lovefield and the request was approved. N3217Q landed runway 13L and as the aircraft exited the…

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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