# Accident 19820124001789A: Cessna STC402CESSNA, Laredo, TX, January 24, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 24, 1982, 09:53 local time
- Place: Laredo, TX
- Airport: International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.5500° N, 99.4603° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.5500&lon=-99.4603&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4244Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4244Z-2013-03-26) (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 STC402CESSNA
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520E
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 5
- Pilot flight hours: 5,666 total, 42 in this make and model, 107 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW82AA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82AA046) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820124001789A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CRASHED ON SHORT FINAL FOR LANDING. WITNESSES DESCRIBED STALL WITH 1/4 TURN TO RIGHT SPIN INTO GROUND.

## 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 FTW82AA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82AA046), Jan 24, 1982: Robertson C-402B (N4244Z), Laredo, TX, destroyed, 7 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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