# Incident 20241214020799I: Cessna 340, Lantana, FL, December 14, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 14, 2024, 15:25 local time
- Place: Lantana, FL
- Airport: Palm Beach County Park
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Unknown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.5930° N, 80.0851° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PALM BEACH COUNTY PARK (LNA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.5930&lon=-80.0851&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7841Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7841Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340 (registry code 2076404, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241214020799I

## Narrative

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

ON 12/16/2024, UPON INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT, IT SHOWS THE AIRCRAFT IS UNAIRWORTHY CONDITION AND SHOULD HAVE NOT BEEN FLOWN. THE AIRCRAFT HAS CORROSION, CRAZED WINDOWS AND WINDSHIELDS, AND FROM ADS-B RECORDS THE AIRCRAFT HAS NO BEEN FLOWN FOR MONTHS.

THE PILOT DID NOT DETERMINE AIRWORTHINESS OF AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO FLIGHT.

ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT PILOT. PILOT WOULD NOT RESPOND TO EMAILS AND CALLS,  A LAWYER RESPONDED VIA EMAIL. ATTEMPTED TO GET STATEMENT THROUGH THE LAWYER WITH NO RESPONSE.

FORWARDING ACTION TO FSDO FOR REEXAM OR EIR.

## Other reports on N7841Q (1)

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

- [Incident 19830202006219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830202006219I), Feb 2, 1983: Cessna 340CESSNA (N7841Q), Rapid City, SD. Fire in engine compartment then went out. Oil soaked asbestos fire sleeve on control cable fell into hot exhaust.

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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