# Accident 19800228004679A: Cessna 402B, Dowagiac, MI, February 28, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 28, 1980, 15:36 local time
- Place: Dowagiac, MI
- Airport: Cass
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9834° N, 86.1128° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dowagiac, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9834&lon=-86.1128&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4619N (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402B
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520EB
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,301 total, 240 in this make and model, 162 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI80FET10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FET10) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800228004679A

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED LEFT ENGINE LOST POWER ON TAKEOFF. ABORTED. RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY. HIT SNOW-BANK. ENGINE O.K.

## 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 CHI80FET10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FET10), Feb 28, 1980: Cessna 402B (N4619N), Dowagiac, MI, substantial 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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