# Incident 19870115026229I: Cessna 402B, Malta, MT, January 15, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 15, 1987, 10:00 local time
- Place: Malta, MT
- Airport: Malta
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: DMJA
- Location: 48.3669° N, 107.9193° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MALTA (M75), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.3669&lon=-107.9193&mi=10
- Aircraft: N17BT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N17BT-2014-09-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402B (registry code 207590P, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402B
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520E
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,800 total, 160 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870115026229I

## Narrative

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

LEFT ENGINE THROTTLE WAS FROZEN AT CRUISE RPM. SAFE LANDING. THROTTLE CABLE BROKE AFTER LANDING.

## Other reports on N17BT (1)

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

- [Accident 19770124001709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770124001709A), Jan 24, 1977: Cessna 402B (N17BT), Lawrenceville, GA, Substantial damage. Acft loaded to within 100LBS of gross tkof wt. Approx one and one half inches snow on rwy.

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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