# Accident 19790712033319A: Cessna 402B, Anchorage, AK, July 12, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 1979, 09:32 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 61.2181° N, 149.9003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anchorage, AK, within about 23 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2181&lon=-149.9003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N402TH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N402TH-2005-02-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402B (registry code 207590P, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402B
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 6
- Pilot flight hours: 7,726 total, 1,715 in this make and model, 144 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC79FA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC79FA068) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790712033319A

## Narrative

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

DEPARTED ON IFR CLEARANCE. RADAR CONTACT. FLEW INTO RISING TERRAIN IN CLOUDS, FAILED TO FLY HEADINGS ISSUED BY ATC.

## 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 ANC79FA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC79FA068), Jul 12, 1979: Cessna 402B (N402TH), Anchorage, AK, destroyed, 7 fatal

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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