# Accident 19801125071739A: Cessna 402B, Fairhope, AL, November 25, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 25, 1980, 10:45 local time
- Place: Fairhope, AL
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.5190° N, 87.8792° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fairhope, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5190&lon=-87.8792&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7628Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7628Q-2013-08-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402B (registry code 207590P, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402B
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,900 total, 1,447 in this make and model, 135 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL81DKJ03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81DKJ03) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801125071739A

## Narrative

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

FAILED TO MONITOR FUELING. ENGINES QUIT ON TAKEOFF CLIMB. LINEMAN HAD PUT JET FUEL IN TANKS.

## 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 ATL81DKJ03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81DKJ03), Nov 25, 1980: Cessna 402B (N7628Q), Fairhope, AL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7628Q (2)

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

- [Accident 19941214041779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941214041779A), Dec 14, 1994: Cessna 402B (N7628Q), Hickory, NC, Substantial damage. Observed diving turn to last half of runway then overrun down hill thru a fence after landing. Diverted due weather
- [Accident 19880613021549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880613021549A), Jun 13, 1988: Cessna 402B (N7628Q), Ft Lauderdale, FL, Substantial damage. Unsafe right gear collapsed on landing. Upper landing gear trunion ears failed. Fork bolts improperly adjusted.

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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