# NTSB CHI72AC046: Cessna 320E, N3414Q, No.Madison, OH, November 18, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: November 18, 1971
- Place: No.Madison, OH · NO.MADISON, OH
- Location: 41.8298° N, 81.0510° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of North Madison, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8298&lon=-81.0510&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Completed, report May 23, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 164972
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI72AC046
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI72AC046

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3846  71/11/18   NO.MADISON,OHIO     CESSNA 320E         CR-  1  0  0  COMMERCIAL                ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE
        TIME - 0715                    N3414Q              PX-  3  0  0  AIR TAXI-PASSG            30, 5311 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            1520 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          YOUNGSTOWN,OHIO             DETROIT,MICH
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT                             IN FLIGHT: OTHER
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN WING
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - EXCESSIVE TEMPERATURE
        REMARKS- FIRE IN R WG INBOARD LEADING EDGE,SOURCE UNDETERMINED.CAUSED EXCESSIVE HEAT IN FWD CABIN.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N3414Q (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 320E
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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.

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