# Incident 19800225043159I: Cessna 404CESSNA, Mammoth Lakes, CA, February 25, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 25, 1980, 13:30 local time
- Place: Mammoth Lakes, CA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Aerial Taxi From Ldg/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6244° N, 118.9884° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mammoth Lakes, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6244&lon=-118.9884&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5422G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5422G-2013-04-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 404 (registry code 2075901, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-404) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 404CESSNA
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,573 total, 57 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800225043159I

## Narrative

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

BRAKES FAILED DURING TURN OFF RUNWAY, DUE TO FAILURE OF MASTER CYLINDER. AIRPLANE HIT SNOWBANK.

## Other reports on N5422G (1)

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

- [Accident 19780516028489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780516028489A), May 16, 1978: Cessna 402B (N5422G), Covington, KY, Substantial damage. Cessna P/N9910298-5 elbow ring adapter failed. Hot exhaust gas dam acft.

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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