# Incident 19810502052949I: Cessna 402B, Mesa, AZ, May 2, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 1981, 11:15 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Airport: Falcon
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 33.4608° N, 111.7283° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FALCON FLD (FFZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4608&lon=-111.7283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8493A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8493A-1989-08-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402B (registry code 207590P, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402B
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 205 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/19810502052949I

## Narrative

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

LOST ENGINE ON CLIMBOUT. UNABLE TO FEATHER. LANDED SAFELY. FOUND BROKEN CRANKSHAFT.

## Other reports on N8493A (3)

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

- [Accident 19880525069729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880525069729A), May 25, 1988: Cessna 402B (N8493A), Columbia, SC, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Elevator control problem on climbout after long takeoff run. Crashed in trees. Elevator trim push rod bolt missing.
- [Incident 19870626050709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870626050709I), Jun 26, 1987: Cessna 402B (N8493A), Columbia, SC, Minor damage. Smoke from instrument panel noted. Found loose wire in the volt ampmeter circuit had shorted.
- [Incident 19840114011439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840114011439I), Jan 14, 1984: Cessna 402B (N8493A), Monument Valley, UT, Minor damage. Skidded off the snow covered runway on the landing roll. Collapsed the nose gear and bent both propellers.

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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