# Accident 19800111000219A: Cessna 441, Norfolk, VA, January 11, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 11, 1980, 01:23 local time
- Place: Norfolk, VA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.8468° N, 76.2852° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Norfolk, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8468&lon=-76.2852&mi=10
- Aircraft: N441NC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N441NC-1981-08-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 441 (registry code 2076020, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-441) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 441
- Reported engine: ARSRCH TPE331*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 65 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD80AA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD80AA018) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800111000219A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 IAD80AA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD80AA018), Jan 11, 1980: Cessna 441 (N441NC), Atlantic Ocean (Atlantic Ocean), destroyed, 2 fatal

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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