- Date
- September 29, 1977
- Place
- Mercer, PA · MERCER, PA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N69338Cessna 402B
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770929040979A
- Case key
- 144290
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4157 77/9/29 MERCER,PA CESSNA 402B CR- 2 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0758 N69338 PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO AGE 25, 4789 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 454 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BUFFALO,NY BEAVER FALLS,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) POWERPLANT - EXHAUST SYSTEM: MANIFOLDS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: LINES AND FITTINGS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LEAK/LEAKAGE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - EXCESSIVE TEMPERATURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN WING FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- MANIFOLD COUPLE P/N085072-39 3IN CRACK PERMITD EXH GAS INTO WING ONTO LEAKING FUEL VALVE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N69338
- Reported as
- Cessna 402B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.