# Incident 19811124081899I: Cessna 404CESSNA, Springfield, IL, November 24, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 24, 1981, 07:40 local time
- Place: Springfield, IL
- Airport: Capital
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: IASA
- Location: 39.8017° N, 89.6437° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Springfield, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8017&lon=-89.6437&mi=10
- Aircraft: N408EX (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 404CESSNA
- Reported engine: CONT GTSIO520M
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,200 total, 300 in this make and model, 175 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811124081899I

## Narrative

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

GYRO COMPASS AND VOR PROBLEMS. LANDED EN ROUTE. FOUND LOOSE ANTENNA LEAD AND DIRTY STATIC WICKS. GYRO LOW SPEED.

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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