# Accident 19800509013159A: Cessna 411, Vineland, DE, May 9, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 1980, 14:53 local time
- Place: Vineland, DE
- Airport: Millville
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N4973T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4973T-2014-10-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 411 (registry code 2075902, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-411) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 411
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 651 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC80FA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80FA040) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800509013159A

## Narrative

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

PLANE CRASHED IN TREES, UNKNOWN CAUSE. POSSIBLE ENGINE-OUT AND SUBSEQUENT LOSS OF CONTROL.

## 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 NYC80FA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80FA040), May 9, 1980: Cessna 411 (N4973T), Vineland, NJ, destroyed, 4 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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