# Accident 19811228081539A: Cessna 402C, Pullman, WA, December 28, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 28, 1981, 10:03 local time
- Place: Pullman, WA
- Airport: Pullman-Moscow
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Missed Approach IFR
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: MAVA
- Location: 46.7417° N, 117.1116° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PULLMAN/MOSCOW RGNL (PUW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.7417&lon=-117.1116&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2749N (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402C
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520VB
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,000 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 244 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA82FA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA82FA014) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811228081539A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CRASHED DURING INSTRUMENT APPROACH TO AIRPORT THAT WAS BELOW MINIMUMS. PILOT DID NOT RECEIVE LATEST WX.

## 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 SEA82FA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA82FA014), Dec 28, 1981: Cessna 402C (N2749N), Pullman, WA, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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