Cessna 401A N6238Q
18 September 1978 · Garden City, Kansas, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 18 September 1978 at about 15:40 local time, a Cessna 401A registered N6238Q, operated by Transairco, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Garden City, Kansas, United States. 5 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 15:40
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Garden City, Kansas, United States
- Nearest airport
- Garden City Muni
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Cessna 401A
- Registration
- N6238Q
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Transairco
- Operating rule
- Air Taxi Operator
- Purpose of flight
- Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Route
- Amarillo, Tx → S
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-2776
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
L-HAND BELLCRANK ASSEMBLY, P/N 5041001-1, BROKEN.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Dec 1978 | Cessna 401A | Rockford, Illinois, United States | Internatl Avia | Minor injuries | - |
| 3 Aug 1978 | Cessna 401A | Aspen, Colorado, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 13 Feb 1978 | Cessna 401 | Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 26 May 1978 | Cessna 401 | Greeley, Colorado, United States | Kelowana FLT | Minor injuries | - |
| 16 Feb 1978 | Cessna 401B | Hooper Bay, Alaska, United States | Bush Air, Inc | No injuries | - |
| 6 Dec 1978 | Cessna 401A | Chicago, Illinois, United States | - | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Apr 1978 | Cessna 150L | Hallandale, Mississippi, United States | Boardman Aviat | Serious injuries | - |
| 3 Jun 1978 | Cessna 310Q | Destin, Florida, United States | Araguel Sander | No injuries | - |
| 29 Apr 1978 | Beechcraft S-35 | Audubon, Iowa, United States | - | Fatal | 5 |
| 29 May 1978 | Piper PA-23 | Longdale, Oklahoma, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 11 Aug 1978 | Bell 47G4A | New Rochelle, New York, United States | Island Helicop | No injuries | - |
| 23 Apr 1978 | Piper PA-31 | Arlington, Indiana, United States | - | Fatal | 9 |