# NTSB LAX80FA062: Cessna 402C, N5718C, Crescent City, CA, March 6, 1980

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: March 6, 1980
- Place: Crescent City, CA · CRESCENT CITY, CA
- Location: 41.7645° N, 124.2008° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Crescent City, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7645&lon=-124.2008&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report August 20, 1980
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 131598
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX80FA062
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FA062

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1659   80/3/6    CRESCENT CITY,CA    CESSNA 402C         CR-  2  0  0  INSTRUCTIONAL             AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 2008                    N5718C              PX-  0  0  0  CHECK                     37, 9019 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            1300 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - JACK MCNAMARA FLD
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          EUREKA,CA                   LOCAL                        CRESCENT CITY,CA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE
           CHECK PILOT - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- HIT CASTLE ROCK ISLAND,238FT ASL,LOCATED ABOUT 1/2MI FRM DEPARTURE END OF RWY.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5718C](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5718C-1983-04-19), registration cancelled 1983-04-19, S/N 402C0027 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402C
- Registry model: [Cessna 402C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402c) (registry code 207590R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Jack Mcnamara Fld

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19800306005429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800306005429A), Mar 6, 1980: Cessna 402C, Crescent City, CA, Destroyed. Failed to climb on over-water night takeoff. Struck low ridge on an island one-half mile off end of runway.

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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