# Incident 19801120088769I: Cessna 340A, Rome, GA, November 20, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 20, 1980, 16:15 local time
- Place: Rome, GA
- Airport: Richard B Russell
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.3506° N, 85.1580° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Richard B Russell Airport (RMG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3506&lon=-85.1580&mi=10
- Aircraft: N44RK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N44RK-1981-03-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340A (registry code 2076405, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 578 total, 99 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL81IA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81IA017) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801120088769I

## Narrative

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

ZG SEVERE VIBRATION ON DESCENT. FOUND BOLT ATTACHING TRIM TAB ACTUATOR ROD TO TRIM TAB MISSING.

## 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 ATL81IA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81IA017), Nov 20, 1980: Cessna 340A (N44RK), Rome, GA, incident, minor damage

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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