# Accident 19800315006349A: Cessna 414, Vacaville, CA, March 15, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 15, 1980, 18:45 local time
- Place: Vacaville, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3586° N, 121.9686° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Vacaville, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3586&lon=-121.9686&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4632G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4632G-1983-05-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 414 (registry code 2075908, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-414) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 5,600 total, 0 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/19800315006349A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK SIDE OF RIDGE WHILE DESCENDING NIGHT VFR. INDICATES FUEL EXHAUSTION. PILOT UNSURE OF POSITION. FUEL INQUIRY.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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