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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 402A · Honolulu, HI · November 29, 1989

Date
November 29, 1989 · 22:00 local
Place
Honolulu, HI
Airport
Honolulu International Airport
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
TXHA
Aircraft
N4544Q
Reported as
Cessna 402A
Reported engine
Continental IO520E
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,000 total2,500 in this make and model130 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Cockpit smoke and sparks from left engine after takeoff. Returned. Found a burned rag in turbo charger.

As the FAA filed it

COCKPIT SMOKE AND SPARKS FROM LEFT ENGINE AFTER TAKEOFF. RETURNED. FOUND A BURNED RAG IN TURBO CHARGER.

Other reports on N4544Q · 2

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