# Incident 19870326026999I: Cessna 402B, Ft Lauderdale, FL, March 26, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 26, 1987, 13:35 local time
- Place: Ft Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Ft Lauderdale-Hollywood International
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: RSHA
- Location: 26.0717° N, 80.1497° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT LAUDERDALE/HOLLYWOOD INTL (FLL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0717&lon=-80.1497&mi=10
- Aircraft: N69404, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N69404-2018-01-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402B (registry code 207590P, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402B
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520E
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870326026999I

## Narrative

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

THE ENGINE TRAILED SMOKE ON TAKEOFF.  AIRCRAFT SAFELY RETURNED TO AIRPORT.  WATER FOUND IN FUEL STRAINER.

## Other reports on N69404 (1)

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

- [Incident 19980121003299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980121003299I), Jan 21, 1998: Cessna 402B (N69404), Wilmington, OH, Minor damage. Narrative: enroute from dayton, OH (day) to ft. lauderdale, FL (fxe) at 7000' pilot detected smoke in the cockpit. Smoke was coming from co-pilot side…

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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