# NTSB MIA81FLD09: Cessna 401A, N6233Q, Fort Pierce, FL, November 9, 1980

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: November 9, 1980
- Place: Fort Pierce, FL · FORT PIERCE, FL
- Location: 27.4256° N, 80.3404° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Pierce, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.4256&lon=-80.3404&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 3 serious
- Status: Completed, report January 6, 1981
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 127829
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA81FLD09
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81FLD09

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3064   80/11/9   FORT PIERCE,FL      CESSNA 401A         CR-  0  1  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1600                    N6233Q              PX-  0  2  0  CORP/EXEC                 AGE 21, 988 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            66 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - ST LUCIE COUNTY
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          COLUMBUS,IN                 FORT PIERCE,FL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL: MUSH                                              LANDING: GO-AROUND
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
           MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION
        REMARKS- ANOTHER ACFT TURNED IN FRONT OF THIS ACFT DRG FINAL.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6233Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6233Q-1984-12-14), registration cancelled 1984-12-14, S/N 401A0033 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 401A
- Registry model: [Cessna 401A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-401a) (registry code 207590D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: St Lucie County

## 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 19801109063969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801109063969A), Nov 9, 1980: Cessna 401, Ft Pierce, FL, Destroyed. Balked by landing airplane. Began go around, engines quit from abrupt throttle. Stalled on flare for other 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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