- Date
- October 17, 1979
- Place
- Lansing, MI · LANSING, MI
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7809QCessna 402A
- Status
- Completed · report November 28, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791017029089A
- Case key
- 133435
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2602 79/10/17 NR.LANSING,MI CESSNA 402A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2100 N7809Q PX- 0 0 4 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 41, 5000 TOTAL HOURS, 71 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DETROIT,MI LANSING,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - EXHAUST SYSTEM: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- LEFT ENG INBOARD EXHAUST BELLOWS,CESSNA PN 0850660-9,FAILED.HEAT DAMAGE TO LWR WING/ENG NACELLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7809Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 402A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N7809QRegistration cancelled Dec 8, 1983 · Cessna 402AAirframe modelCessna 402AEngine modelContinental GTSIO-520-C
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.