# Accident 19860127001409A: Cessna 401, S Lake Tahoe, CA, January 27, 1986

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 27, 1986, 07:20 local time
- Place: S Lake Tahoe, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9282° N, 119.9810° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of South Lake Tahoe, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9282&lon=-119.9810&mi=10
- Aircraft: N988JM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N988JM-2013-05-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 401 (registry code 207590C, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-401) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 401
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520E
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA86FA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA86FA046) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860127001409A

## Narrative

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

FAILED DEICE OR WARM ENGINES PRIOR TAKEOFF. LOST LEFT ENGINE. FAILED FEATHER TURNED INTO DEAD ENGINE. ROLLED OVER.

## 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 SEA86FA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA86FA046), Jan 27, 1986: Cessna 401 (N988JM), S. Lake Tahoe, CA, destroyed, 3 fatal

## Other reports on N988JM (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19790310019769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790310019769I), Mar 10, 1979: Cessna 401 (N988JM), Sacramento, CA. Left engine failed on takeoff. Inspection revealed broken crankshaft and #3 rod bolts, rod separated from shaft.

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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