# Accident 19800711032299A: Cessna 401A, Spirit Lake, IA, July 11, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 1980, 22:20 local time
- Place: Spirit Lake, IA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.4196° N, 95.1096° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Spirit Lake, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4196&lon=-95.1096&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3249Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3249Q-2012-10-02) (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 401A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 70 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC80FA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC80FA043) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800711032299A

## Narrative

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

PILOT LOST POWER ON ONE ENGINE DURING GO-AROUND. CRASHED INTO BUILDINGS ON AIRPORT.

## 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 MKC80FA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC80FA043), Jul 11, 1980: Cessna 401A (N3249Q), Spirit Lake, IA, destroyed

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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