# Accident 19800407008749A: Cessna 401, Linville, NC, April 7, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 1980, 08:37 local time
- Place: Linville, NC
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0675° N, 81.8714° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Linville, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0675&lon=-81.8714&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9912F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9912F-2013-05-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 401B (registry code 207590E, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-401b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 401
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,919 total, 480 in this make and model, 157 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD80FA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD80FA037) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800407008749A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK SIDE OF MOUNTAIN VFR IN IFR CONDITIONS. PILOT HAD IMBIBED ALCOHOL PREVIOUS TO FLIGHT.

## 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 IAD80FA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD80FA037), Apr 7, 1980: Cessna 401 (N9912F), Linville, NC, destroyed, 1 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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