# Incident 19790816031619I: Cessna 404CESSNA, Raleigh, NC, August 16, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 1979, 13:20 local time
- Place: Raleigh, NC
- Airport: Durham
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.7721° N, 78.6386° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Raleigh, NC, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7721&lon=-78.6386&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: 8,500 total, 25 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/19790816031619I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT BEING FLOWN ON FERRY PERMIT HAD A COLLAPSE OF NOSE GEAR ON LANDING. NOSE GEAR TIRE WAS FLAT ON LANDING.

## 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 19790529028369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790529028369I), May 29, 1979: Cessna 404CESSNA (N3994C), Louisburg, NC, Minor damage. Aircraft loaded with marijuana found abandoned after nose gear collapsed.

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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