# Incident 19800917068829I: Cessna 421B, Lynchburg, VA, September 17, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 1980, 08:12 local time
- Place: Lynchburg, VA
- Airport: Municipal
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.4138° N, 79.1422° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lynchburg, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.4138&lon=-79.1422&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8001Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8001Q-1984-10-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421B (registry code 2076014, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 125 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800917068829I

## Narrative

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

PILOT MADE IMPROPER IFR APPROACH. DID NOT EXERCISE AUTHORITY AS PIC.

## Other reports on N8001Q (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19821211069429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821211069429A), Dec 11, 1982: Cessna 421B (N8001Q), Savannah, GA, Destroyed, 3 fatal. Struck trees during a missed approach climbout. Weather below VOR minima. Pilot descended aircraft below mda.

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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