# Accident 19790909032739A: Cessna 320F, Chestertown, MD, September 9, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 9, 1979, 17:05 local time
- Place: Chestertown, MD
- Airport: Gill
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2184° N, 76.0740° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chestertown, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2184&lon=-76.0740&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30CR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N30CR-2012-02-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 320F (registry code 2074516, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-320f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 6-285-A (registry code 17038, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-6-285-a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 320F
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520B
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 975 total, 266 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD79FA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79FA078) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790909032739A

## Narrative

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

FIRE IN LEFT ENGINE DURING CLIMB TO CRUISE. MADE GEAR UP LANDING AT AIRPORT. FOUND DEFECT 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 IAD79FA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79FA078), Sep 9, 1979: Cessna 320F (N30CR), Chestertown, MD, substantial damage

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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