- Date
- September 7, 1978
- Place
- Hyder, AZ · HYDER, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7866QCessna 402B
- Status
- Completed · report June 25, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780907043439A
- Case key
- 138923
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4362 78/9/7 NR.HYDER,AZ CESSNA 402B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1323 N7866Q PX- 0 0 1 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 45, 8289 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D 2622 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION YUMA,AZ PHOENIX,AZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) POWERPLANT - EXHAUST SYSTEM: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISSING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - VIBRATION,EXCESSIVE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- BOLT CONNECTING BALL JOINT ON L ENG R SIDE FOUND MISSING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7866Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 402B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.