# NTSB LAX81FA077: Cessna 404, N5375C, Burbank, CA, April 20, 1981

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: April 20, 1981
- Place: Burbank, CA · BURBANK, CA
- Location: 34.1901° N, 118.3264° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Burbank, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1901&lon=-118.3264&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 4, 1981
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 125228
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX81FA077
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FA077

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2423  81/4/20    BURBANK,CA          CESSNA 404          CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 2155                    N5375C              PX-  0  1  0  AIR TAXI-CARGO            28, 10700 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-MINOR        OT-  0  0  0                            3095 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - BURBANK-GLENDALE
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          PHOENIX,AZ                  BURBANK,CA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           PROPELLER/ROTOR ACCIDENT TO PERSON                       STATIC: IDLING ENGINE(S)
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
        REMARKS- PAX EXITED ACFT THRU PLT HATCH,DPTD FORWARD FM WING,WALKED INTO PROP.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5375C](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5375C-1984-02-28), registration cancelled 1984-02-28, S/N 4040665 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 404
- Registry model: [Cessna 404](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-404) (registry code 2075901) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Minor damage
- Airport: Burbank-Glendale

## 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 19810420084529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810420084529A), Apr 20, 1981: Cessna 404CESSNA, Burbank, CA, Minor damage. Allowed passenger to exit from over wing emergency door. Departed front of wing, walked into idling propeller.

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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