# Accident 19801109063969A: Cessna 401, Ft Pierce, FL, November 9, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 9, 1980, 16:05 local time
- Place: Ft Pierce, FL
- Airport: St Lucie
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.4256° N, 80.3404° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Pierce, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.4256&lon=-80.3404&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6233Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6233Q-1984-12-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 401A (registry code 207590D, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-401a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 401
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 988 total, 46 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA81FLD09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81FLD09) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801109063969A

## Narrative

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

BALKED BY LANDING AIRPLANE. BEGAN GO AROUND, ENGINES QUIT FROM ABRUPT THROTTLE. STALLED ON FLARE FOR OTHER RUNWAY.

## 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 MIA81FLD09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81FLD09), Nov 9, 1980: Cessna 401A (N6233Q), Fort Pierce, FL, 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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