# Incident 19871220078549I: Cessna 402C, Billings, MT, December 20, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 20, 1987, 14:31 local time
- Place: Billings, MT
- Airport: Billings Logan International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BSAA
- Location: 45.8078° N, 108.5435° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BILLINGS LOGAN INTL (BIL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8078&lon=-108.5435&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3146M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3146M-1998-08-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402C (registry code 207590R, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402C
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871220078549I

## Narrative

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

POWER SURGING OF RIGHT ENGINE. RETURNED TO AIRPORT. FOUND A FAULTY PROPELLER GOVERNOR.

## Other reports on N3146M (6)

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

- [Incident 19910811040599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910811040599I), Aug 11, 1991: Cessna 402C (N3146M), Billings, MT. Emergency exit inadvertently opened in flight. No door warning before. No mechanical problem found.
- [Incident 19910124006439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910124006439I), Jan 24, 1991: Cessna 402C (N3146M), Billings, MT. Windsheild heat became inoperative on climb. Returned. Landed safely. Found windshield heat thermostat open.
- [Incident 19910105006299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910105006299I), Jan 5, 1991: Cessna 402C (N3146M), Billings, MT. On departure left engine did not produce takeoff power. Oil pressure over red line. Inadequate warm up.
- [Incident 19890210017549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890210017549I), Feb 10, 1989: Cessna 402C (N3146M), Havre, MT. RPM control problem with NR2 engine on climb. Returned. Propeller governor feather control out of adjustment.
- [Incident 19880209014299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880209014299I), Feb 9, 1988: Cessna 402C (N3146M), Wolf Point, MT. Had a flap cable failure on final approach. Flaps were retracted. Made a no flap approach. Flap cable had broken.
- [Incident 19810209013699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810209013699I), Feb 9, 1981: Cessna 402C (N3146M), Lewistown, MT, Minor damage. During taxi on plowed taxiway, struck right wing tip on snow pile.

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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