# NTSB LAX79IA055: Cessna 402, N3209C, Long Beach, CA, June 4, 1979

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: June 4, 1979
- Place: Long Beach, CA · LONG BEACH, CA
- Location: 33.7670° N, 118.1892° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Long Beach, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7670&lon=-118.1892&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 7 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 23, 1979
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 134989
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX79IA055
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79IA055

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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5-0033   79/6/4    LONG BEACH,CA       CESSNA 402          CR-  0  0  2  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 3401
        TIME - 0730                    N3209C              PX-  0  0  5  MIL/CTR PASSG             TOTAL HOURS, 119 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-MINOR        OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          LONG BEACH,CA               SAN CLEMENTE IS,CA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT                             IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION
           POWERPLANT - EXHAUST SYSTEM: MANIFOLDS
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISSING
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE
        REMARKS- NO 5 CYL EXH HOLDDOWN NUTS MISSING.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N3209C (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Minor damage

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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