# Accident 19790622024459A: Cessna 401B, Scottsdale, AZ, June 22, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 22, 1979, 16:15 local time
- Place: Scottsdale, AZ
- Airport: Scottsdale
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5092° N, 111.8990° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Scottsdale, AZ, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5092&lon=-111.8990&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7902Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7902Q-2007-01-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 401B (registry code 207590E, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-401b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 401B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 615 total, 450 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX79FUJ89](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79FUJ89) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790622024459A

## Narrative

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

LANDING GEAR DOWNLOCK BELLCRANK HAD SEPARATED AT TWO OF ITS ATTACH POINTS.

## 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 LAX79FUJ89](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79FUJ89), Jun 22, 1979: Cessna 401B (N7902Q), Scottsdale, AZ, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7902Q (1)

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

- [Incident 19891130063819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891130063819I), Nov 30, 1989: Cessna 401B (N7902Q), Allegan, MI, Minor damage. Pilot forgot to lower the landing gear and landed gear up.

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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