# Incident 19891129058569I: Cessna 402A, Honolulu, HI, November 29, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 29, 1989, 22:00 local time
- Place: Honolulu, HI
- Airport: Honolulu International Airport
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: TXHA
- Location: 21.3069° N, 157.8583° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Honolulu, HI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.3069&lon=-157.8583&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4544Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4544Q-2012-11-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402A (registry code 207590M, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402A
- Reported engine: CONT IO520E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 130 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891129058569I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Incident 20020403006639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020403006639I), Apr 3, 2002: Cessna 402A (N4544Q), Honolulu, HI. (-23) PIC reported the right side emergency exit window/door departed. The airplane had departed on a test flight after extensive maintenance. During an…
- [Incident 19960417021699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960417021699I), Apr 17, 1996: Cessna 402A (N4544Q), Kapalua, HI. Narrative: while landing on runway 02 at Kapalua airport, an airport maintenance truck started to cross the runway directly in the path of Cessna 402, N4544Q.…

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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