- Date
- September 7, 1979
- Place
- Tuscaloosa, AL · TUSCALOOSA, AL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8410FCessna 401
- Status
- Completed · report October 1, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790907031099A
- Case key
- 133398
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2536 79/9/7 NR.TUSCALOOSA,AL CESSNA 401 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0951 N8410F PX- 0 0 3 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 32, 1852 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 5 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JACKSON,MS TUSCALOOSA,AL 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: MANIFOLDS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LEAK/LEAKAGE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE REMARKS- CHARTER FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8410F
- Reported as
- Cessna 401
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.