# Incident 19800124017219I: Cessna 402CESSNA, Wichita, KS, January 24, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 24, 1980, 14:20 local time
- Place: Wichita, KS
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 37.6922° N, 97.3375° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wichita, KS, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6922&lon=-97.3375&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3253Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3253Q-1988-09-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402 (registry code 207590K, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402CESSNA
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 300 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800124017219I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

HEAT AND ABRASION FROM DAMAGED EXHAUST SYSTEM SHORTED OUT BOTH MAGNETOS ON THE LEFT ENGINE.

## Other reports on N3253Q (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19790102001039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790102001039I), Jan 2, 1979: Cessna 402CESSNA (N3253Q), Houston, TX, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed after landing. Retract bracket pn 5013106-3 had broken.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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