# Accident 19821120059389A: Cessna 411, Aiken, SC, November 20, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 20, 1982, 18:17 local time
- Place: Aiken, SC
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5403° N, 81.7198° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5403&lon=-81.7198&mi=10
- Aircraft: N544JW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 411
- Reported engine: CONT GTSIO520C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL83FA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83FA040) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821120059389A

## Narrative

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

REPORTED NO APPROACH PLATE. MADE ERRATIC APPROACH. CIRCLED FIELD THEN CRASHED INTO TREES 4 MILES WEST. BURNED.

## 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 ATL83FA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83FA040), Nov 20, 1982: Cessna 411 (N544JW), Aiken, SC, destroyed, 2 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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