19810527028809A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 402CESSNA · Cliff, NM · May 27, 1981

Date
May 27, 1981 · 14:00 local
Place
Cliff, NM
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N2AQ
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW81FQD25
Reported as
Cessna 402CESSNA
Reported engine
Continental TSIO520E
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,083 total310 in this make and model135 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot shut down right engine because of fire. Unable to maintain altitude. Made emergency landing. Fire after crash

As the FAA filed it

PILOT SHUT DOWN RIGHT ENGINE BECAUSE OF FIRE. UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE. MADE EMERGENCY LANDING. FIRE AFTER CRASH

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.