# Accident 19810301013339A: Cessna 340CESSNA, Santa Rosa, CA, March 1, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 1, 1981, 19:15 local time
- Place: Santa Rosa, CA
- Airport: Sonoma Co
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.4405° N, 122.7144° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Rosa, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4405&lon=-122.7144&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1701G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1701G-2017-10-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340 (registry code 2076404, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340CESSNA
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 106 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81FVD13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FVD13) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810301013339A

## Narrative

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

LOST ENGINE ON BASE LEG, CRASH-LANDED SHORT OF RUNWAY. SPEED BELOW VMC. BOTH ENGINES LEAD FOULED PLUGS.

## 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 LAX81FVD13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FVD13), Mar 1, 1981: Cessna 340 (N1701G), Santa Rosa, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N1701G (1)

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

- [Accident 19770706018679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770706018679A), Jul 6, 1977: Cessna 340CESSNA (N1701G), Riverside, CA, Substantial damage. Brake piston seal failure. Gear collapsed when curb at taxiway was run over

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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