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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 320 · Fellsmere, FL · September 27, 1980

Date
September 27, 1980
Place
Fellsmere, FL
Phase of flight
Unknown/Not Reported
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N3320Q
Reported as
Cessna 320
Reported engine
Continental TSIO520B
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Found wreckage hidden in trees near open pasture. Evidence engine fire, injuries, suspect illegal drug flight.

As the FAA filed it

FOUND WRECKAGE HIDDEN IN TREES NEAR OPEN PASTURE. EVIDENCE ENGINE FIRE, INJURIES, SUSPECT ILLEGAL DRUG FLIGHT.