# Incident 19820303009719I: Cvac 34030, Galveston, TX, March 3, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 3, 1982, 09:10 local time
- Place: Galveston, TX
- Airport: Scholes Field
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: GATA
- Location: 29.3014° N, 94.7978° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Galveston, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3014&lon=-94.7978&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3416 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CVAC 34030
- Reported engine: PWA R2800*
- People aboard: 27
- 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/19820303009719I

## Narrative

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

EN ROUTE, NR 2 ENGINE BACKFIRED, BMEP FLUCTUATED AND WAS SHUT DOWN. FOUND NR 2 CYLINDER UPPER RING BANK FAILED.

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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