# Incident 19800616054439I: Cessna 402B, San Diego, CA, June 16, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 16, 1980, 07:30 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Airport: Lindbergh
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: IMPA
- Location: 32.7153° N, 117.1573° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Diego, CA, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7153&lon=-117.1573&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4609N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4609N-1994-10-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402B (registry code 207590P, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402B
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,400 total, 1,400 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/19800616054439I

## Narrative

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

EMERGENCY LANDING AFTER ENGINE POPPED & BECAME ROUGH. CYLINDER HEAD HAD SEPERATED.

## Other reports on N4609N (1)

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

- [Incident 19810218028749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810218028749I), Feb 18, 1981: Cessna 402B (N4609N), Imperial, CA, Minor damage. Right gear collapsed during landing roll. Maintenance found broken adjusting screw in right gear down lock.

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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