# Accident 19800426011179A: Cessna 411A, Houston, TX, April 26, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 26, 1980, 13:10 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: William P. Hobby
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6458° N, 95.2772° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WILLIAM P HOBBY (HOU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6458&lon=-95.2772&mi=10
- Aircraft: N411HN, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N411HN-2012-11-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 411A (registry code 2075904, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-411a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 411A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,458 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 79 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80DRA25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80DRA25) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800426011179A

## Narrative

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

LEFT MAIN GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. LANDED LEFT GEAR FOLDED. FOUND BROKEN FORK BOLT.

## 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 FTW80DRA25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80DRA25), Apr 26, 1980: Cessna 411A (N411HN), Houston, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N411HN (1)

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

- [Accident 19820428012289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820428012289A), Apr 28, 1982: Cessna 411A (N411HN), Houston, TX, Destroyed. Aircraft crashed after it hit radio tower shortly after takeoff. Flight was conducted under ferry permit.

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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