# Incident 19800803066759I: Cessna 402B, Hyannis, MA, August 3, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 1980, 14:25 local time
- Place: Hyannis, MA
- Airport: Barnstable Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: GULA
- Location: 41.6529° N, 70.2828° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hyannis, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6529&lon=-70.2828&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7851Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7851Q-2013-05-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402B (registry code 207590P, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402B
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520E
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 800 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/19800803066759I

## Narrative

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

FLIGHT RETURNED DUE TO ENGINE VIBRATION. CYLINDER HAD SEPARATED.

## Other reports on N7851Q (1)

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

- [Incident 19810303016849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810303016849I), Mar 3, 1981: Cessna 402B (N7851Q), Hyannis, MA. Right main unsafe gear light. Found broken actuator arm to down lock switch.

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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