FAA incident report · Cessna 402CESSNA · Wichita, KS · January 24, 1980
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Heat and abrasion from damaged exhaust system shorted out both magnetos on the left engine.
HEAT AND ABRASION FROM DAMAGED EXHAUST SYSTEM SHORTED OUT BOTH MAGNETOS ON THE LEFT ENGINE.
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.