# Accident 19810420084529A: Cessna 404CESSNA, Burbank, CA, April 20, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 20, 1981, 21:55 local time
- Place: Burbank, CA
- Airport: Burbank-Glendale-
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 34.1901° N, 118.3264° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Burbank, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1901&lon=-118.3264&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5375C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5375C-1984-02-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 404 (registry code 2075901, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-404) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 404CESSNA
- Reported engine: CONT GTSIO520M
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,700 total, 3,095 in this make and model, 143 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81FA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FA077) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810420084529A

## Narrative

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

ALLOWED PASSENGER TO EXIT FROM OVER WING EMERGENCY DOOR. DEPARTED FRONT OF WING, WALKED INTO IDLING PROPELLER.

## 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 LAX81FA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FA077), Apr 20, 1981: Cessna 404 (N5375C), Burbank, CA, 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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