# Accident 19880525069729A: Cessna 402B, Columbia, SC, May 25, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 25, 1988, 21:06 local time
- Place: Columbia, SC
- Airport: Columbia Metropolitan
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EUUA
- Location: 33.9918° N, 81.0748° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9918&lon=-81.0748&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8493A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8493A-1989-08-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402B (registry code 207590P, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402B
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 160 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL88FA186](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88FA186) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880525069729A

## Narrative

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

ELEVATOR CONTROL PROBLEM ON CLIMBOUT AFTER LONG TAKEOFF RUN. CRASHED IN TREES. ELEVATOR TRIM PUSH ROD BOLT MISSING.

## 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 ATL88FA186](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88FA186), May 26, 1988: Cessna 402B (N8493A), West Columbia, SC, destroyed, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N8493A (3)

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

- [Incident 19870626050709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870626050709I), Jun 26, 1987: Cessna 402B (N8493A), Columbia, SC, Minor damage. Smoke from instrument panel noted. Found loose wire in the volt ampmeter circuit had shorted.
- [Incident 19840114011439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840114011439I), Jan 14, 1984: Cessna 402B (N8493A), Monument Valley, UT, Minor damage. Skidded off the snow covered runway on the landing roll. Collapsed the nose gear and bent both propellers.
- [Incident 19810502052949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810502052949I), May 2, 1981: Cessna 402B (N8493A), Mesa, AZ. Lost engine on climbout. Unable to feather. Landed safely. Found broken crankshaft.

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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