# NTSB LAX76IL089: Cessna 414, N8180K, El Toro, CA, July 24, 1976

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: July 24, 1976
- Place: El Toro, CA · EL TORO, CA
- Location: 33.6470° N, 117.6837° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of El Toro, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6470&lon=-117.6837&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 6 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 2, 1976
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 155051
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX76IL089
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76IL089

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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5-0011  76/7/24  NR.EL TORO,CA         CESSNA 414          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 41, 1422
        TIME - 0950                    N8180K              PX-  0  0  5  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 27 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-MINOR        OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          LONG BEACH,CA               PARKER,AZ
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION                            IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
           FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT                             IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: CYLINDER ASSEMBLY
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE
        PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE
        REMARKS- LOST MAN PRESS,PROP WENT INTO AUTO FEATH.PLT TRIED RESTART,CAUSED FIRE.NR 4 CYL FOUND CRACKED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8180K](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8180K-2013-05-13), registration cancelled 2013-05-13, S/N 414-0080, built 1970 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414
- Registry model: [Cessna 414](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-414) (registry code 2075908) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Minor damage

## Other investigations on N8180K (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 ANC90FA158](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC90FA158), Aug 28, 1990: Cessna 414 (N8180K), Sitka, AK, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: IMPROPER PLANNING/DECISION BY THE PILOT, AND HIS FAILURE TO FOLLOW IFR PROCEDURES AND MAINTAIN CLEARANCE FROM MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN.

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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