# Accident 19800306005429A: Cessna 402C, Crescent City, CA, March 6, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 6, 1980, 20:08 local time
- Place: Crescent City, CA
- Airport: Jack Mcnamara
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7802° N, 124.2365° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JACK MC NAMARA FLD (CEC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7802&lon=-124.2365&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5718C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5718C-1983-04-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402C (registry code 207590R, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total, 1,300 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FA062) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800306005429A

## Narrative

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

FAILED TO CLIMB ON OVER-WATER NIGHT TAKEOFF. STRUCK LOW RIDGE ON AN ISLAND ONE-HALF MILE OFF END OF RUNWAY.

## 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 LAX80FA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FA062), Mar 6, 1980: Cessna 402C (N5718C), Crescent City, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal

## Other reports on N5718C (1)

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

- [Incident 19791012052379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791012052379I), Oct 12, 1979: Cessna 402C (N5718C), State College, PA. Nose gear up-lock failed to engage. Hydraulic fluid overheated from cycling, melted plastic lines.

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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