# Accident 19800820040949A: Cessna 340A, Petersburg, AK, August 20, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 1980, 19:33 local time
- Place: Petersburg, AK
- Damage: Damage unknown
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 56.8113° N, 132.9513° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Petersburg, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=56.8113&lon=-132.9513&mi=10
- Aircraft: N110RA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N110RA-1982-04-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340A (registry code 2076405, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 1,310 total, 850 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC80FA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80FA087) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800820040949A

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED AIRPLANE PORPOISING, LOSING EMMPANAGE. WRECKAGE NOT FOUND. HIGH MAINTENANCE RECORD ON EMMPANAGE.

## 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 ANC80FA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80FA087), Aug 20, 1980: Cessna 340A (N110RA), Petersburg, AK, 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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