# Accident 19790824035009A: Cessna 336, San Juan, Puerto Rico, August 24, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 24, 1979, 07:31 local time
- Place: San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Airport: Isla Grande
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 18.4663° N, 66.1057° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Juan, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4663&lon=-66.1057&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1709Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1709Z-2009-09-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 336 (registry code 2075602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-336) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 336
- Reported engine: CONT IO360A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 300 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79FA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FA115) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790824035009A

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED ENGINE PROBLEM AFTER T/OFF. STALLED ACFT RETURNING TO ARPT. FOUND POORLY MAINTAINED REAR ENGINE.

## 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 MIA79FA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FA115), Aug 24, 1979: Cessna 336 (N1709Z), San Juan, PR, destroyed, 2 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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