# Accident 19790907031099A: Cessna 401, Tuscaloosa, AL, September 7, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 1979, 09:51 local time
- Place: Tuscaloosa, AL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 33.2098° N, 87.5692° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tuscaloosa, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2098&lon=-87.5692&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8410F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8410F-1982-10-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 401 (registry code 207590C, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-401) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 401
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520E
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,852 total, 5 in this make and model, 178 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79FA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FA120) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790907031099A

## Narrative

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

PILOT SHUT DOWN ENGINE DUE TO ENGINE FIRE. FOUND LEAK IN EXHAUST SYSTEM.

## 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 MIA79FA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FA120), Sep 7, 1979: Cessna 401 (N8410F), Tuscaloosa, AL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8410F (1)

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

- [Incident 19801213087549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801213087549I), Dec 13, 1980: Cessna 401 (N8410F), Holopaw, FL. Zs found burned airplane in cow pasture. Drug related incident.

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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