# Accident 19810926069359A: Cessna 402B, Miami, FL, September 26, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 26, 1981, 20:12 local time
- Place: Miami, FL
- Airport: International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 25.7743° N, 80.1937° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Miami, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.7743&lon=-80.1937&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5879M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5879M-2013-04-23) (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 TSIO520B
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,026 total, 451 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA81FKU05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81FKU05) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810926069359A

## Narrative

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

GROUND VEHICLE STRUCK WING AND ENGINE WHILE PREPARING FOR FLIGHT. DARK NIGHT, HEAVY RAIN AND OIL SLICK RAMP.

## 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 MIA81FKU05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81FKU05), Sep 26, 1981: Cessna 402B (N5879M), Miami, FL, substantial 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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