- Date
- May 12, 1980
- Place
- Gainsville, FL · GAINSVILLE, FL
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7931QCessna 401
- Status
- Completed · report November 4, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800512012999A
- Case key
- 130603
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2429 80/5/12 GAINSVILLE,FL CESSNA 401 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 60, 5000 TIME - 1936 N7931Q PX- 0 1 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 3 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GAINSVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JACKSONVILLE,FL GAINSVILLE,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL SELECTOR POSITIONED BETWEEN TANKS TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- AUX FUEL TKS & L MAIN EMPTY,R MAIN 10-15GALS.L ENG FUEL SEL ON L MAIN,R SEL BTN L MAIN & R AUX.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7931Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 401
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gainsville
N7931QRegistration cancelled May 9, 2013 · Cessna 401BAirframe modelCessna 401BEngine modelContinental IO-520 series
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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.