# Incident 19891031057629I: Cessna 402C, Pompano Beach, FL, October 31, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 31, 1989, 13:40 local time
- Place: Pompano Beach, FL
- Airport: Pompano Beach Airpark Airport
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: ACAA
- Location: 26.2474° N, 80.1111° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at POMPANO BEACH AIRPARK (PMP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.2474&lon=-80.1111&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2651Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2651Y-2006-10-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402C (registry code 207590R, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402C
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520VB
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,900 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 135 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891031057629I

## Narrative

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

ERRATIC FUEL FLOW, SMOKE FROM ENGINE. RETURNED. HIGH PRESSURE ADJUSTMENT SCREW ON FUEL PUMP HAD BACKED OUT.

## Other reports on N2651Y (1)

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

- [Incident 19861004087539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861004087539I), Oct 4, 1986: Cessna 402C (N2651Y), Everett, WA, Minor damage. Small dark hole in cowling appeared. Precautionary landing. Found hole burned through NR3 engine exhaust riser.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.