# Incident 19820119000509I: Cvac 440, Victoria, TX, January 19, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 19, 1982, 08:30 local time
- Place: Victoria, TX
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: GATA
- Location: 28.8053° N, 97.0036° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Victoria, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8053&lon=-97.0036&mi=10
- Aircraft: N411GA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N411GA-1996-07-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Convair 440 (registry code 2422902, https://openairdocs.org/model/convair-440) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CVAC 440
- Reported engine: PWA R2800*
- People aboard: 23
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 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/19820119000509I

## Narrative

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

LEFT ENGINE BACKFIRED, RAN ROUGH, SHUT DOWN. FOUND METAL IN OIL SCREEN.

## Other reports on N411GA (2)

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

- [Incident 19890821046949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890821046949I), Aug 21, 1989: Cvac 440 (N411GA), Laredo, TX. Right engine failed inflight. Returned. NR2 cylinder had swallowed an exhaust valve. Excessive metal in oil system.
- [Incident 19820303009739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820303009739I), Mar 3, 1982: Cvac 440 (N411GA), New Iberia, LA. Za on climbout, #2 engine head temperature rose. Fuel flow showed lean mixture. Replaced automatic mixture control.

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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