# Incident 19791112053689I: Cessna 500CESSNA, Dallas, TX, November 12, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 12, 1979, 10:15 local time
- Place: Dallas, TX
- Airport: Love
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 32.7831° N, 96.8067° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dallas, TX, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7831&lon=-96.8067&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40JF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N40JF-1980-12-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 500 (registry code 2076602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-500) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 500CESSNA
- Reported engine: PWA JT15D1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 300 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80IA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80IA012) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791112053689I

## Narrative

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

PILOT DETECTED SPLIT FLAP CONDITION DURING TRAINING FLIGHT.DUE TO LACK OF LUBRICATION, FLAP SYSTEM ELEMENTS FAILED.

## 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 FTW80IA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80IA012), Nov 12, 1979: Cessna 500 (N40JF), Dallas, TX, incident, minor 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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