# Accident 19800601017449A: Cessna 401, Oklawaha, FL, June 1, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 1, 1980, 04:38 local time
- Place: Oklawaha, FL
- Airport: Marion
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.0618° N, 82.3766° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MARION COUNTY (X35), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0618&lon=-82.3766&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3257Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3257Q-2013-08-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 401 (registry code 207590C, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-401) (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: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA80DLD63](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80DLD63) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800601017449A

## Narrative

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

AIRPLANE WAS LANDED ON DIRT ROAD IN DENSE FOG. WENT OFF ROAD INTO CANAL. OCCUPANTS UNKNOWN. POSSIBLE DRUG 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 MIA80DLD63](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80DLD63), Jun 1, 1980: Cessna 401 (N3257Q), Oklawaha, 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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.