# Accident 19790930036379A: Cessna 404CESSNA, Ft Lauderdale, FL, September 30, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 1979, 19:45 local time
- Place: Ft Lauderdale, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1223° N, 80.1434° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Lauderdale, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1223&lon=-80.1434&mi=10
- Aircraft: N88696, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N88696-2011-03-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 404 (registry code 2075901, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-404) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSI0-520-F-K (registry code 17031, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsi0-520-f-k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 404CESSNA
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79FA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FA132) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790930036379A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT STRUCK UNLIT 175-FOOT HIGH RADIO TOWER. 2009 POUNDS OF MARIJUANA WERE FOUND ONBOARD.

## 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 MIA79FA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FA132), Sep 30, 1979: Cessna 404 (N88696), Ft.Lauderdale, FL, substantial damage, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N88696 (1)

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

- [Incident 19790114001989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790114001989I), Jan 14, 1979: Cessna 404CESSNA (N88696), Lake Wales, FL, Minor damage. Nose wheel collapsed on rollout. Cause undetermined.

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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