# Accident 19800512012999A: Cessna 401B, Gainesville, FL, May 12, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 1980, 19:36 local time
- Place: Gainesville, FL
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6516° N, 82.3248° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gainesville, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6516&lon=-82.3248&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7931Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7931Q-2013-05-09) (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 401B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 3 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA80FLA24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FLA24) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800512012999A

## Narrative

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

LOST ONE ENGINE DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION, LOST OTHER ENGINE WHEN FUEL SELECTOR WAS MISPLACED BETWEEN DETENTES.

## 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 MIA80FLA24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FLA24), May 12, 1980: Cessna 401 (N7931Q), Gainsville, FL, substantial damage

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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