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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 441 · Norfolk, VA · January 11, 1980

Date
January 11, 1980 · 01:23 local
Place
Norfolk, VA
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N441NC
NTSB investigation
NTSBIAD80AA018
Reported as
Cessna 441
Reported engine
AiResearch TPE331*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
8,000 total65 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Continued climb above assigned altitude to absolute ceiling. Wrong heading.

As the FAA filed it

CONTINUED CLIMB ABOVE ASSIGNED ALTITUDE TO ABSOLUTE CEILING. WRONG HEADING.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.