# Incident 19960117007759I: Cessna 402A, Lihue, HI, January 17, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 17, 1996, 10:00 local time
- Place: Lihue, HI
- Airport: Lihue Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: VUMA
- Location: 21.9760° N, 159.3390° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LIHUE (LIH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.9760&lon=-159.3390&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7816Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7816Q-2013-06-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402A (registry code 207590M, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402A
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520E
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,296 total, 251 in this make and model, 192 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960117007759I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: OIL WAS COMING OUT OF THE RT TURBOCHARGER VENT. SHUT DOWN ENGINE. STARTER ADAPTER SHAFTGEAR FOUND SEVERED FROM CONTACT WITH SPRING CLUTCH. GENERAL TEXT: 5 PASSENGERS ABOARD AND ONE PILOT, WHILE ABEAM THE ISLAND OF NIIHAU. AT 2,500', OIL WAS SEEN COMING OUT OF THE RT TURBOCHARGER VENT AND TRAILING WHITE SMOKE. ALL ENGINE INSTRUMENTS WERE IN THE GREEN. THE PILOT CLIMBED TO 4,500', AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. THE RIGHT ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN WHEN THE OIL PRESSURE INDICATOR REACHED THE BOTTOM OF THE GREEN. POWER WAS ADJUSTED ON THE LEFT ENGINE AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN IN THIS CONFIGURATION BACK TO LIH WITH NO OTHER PROBLEMS. THE LANDING WAS OKAY, THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIED TO PARKING. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE STARTER ADAPTER SPRING CLUTCH WAS FOUND TO HAVE APPARENTLY FAILED AND AT LEAST ONE PIECE OF THE SPRING CAME INTO CONTINUOUS CONTACT WITH THE STARTER SHAFTGEAR ASSEMBLY DURING CONTINUOUS ROTATION CAUSING THE STARTER SHAFTGEAR TO FAIL/SEVER. MDR SUBMITTED AGAINST THE START ADAPTER. THIS AIRCRAFT HAS HAD ONE IDENTICAL FAILURE ON THE SAME ENGINE, 01/07/96. MDR SUBMITTED AGAINST THE STARTER ADAPTER. THIS AIRCRAFT HAS ALSO HAD ONE SIMILAR FAILURE ON THE LEFT ENGINE, 11/06/95. A BROKEN SCAVENGE PUMP DRIVE GEAR WAS FOUND THAT CAUSED THE BACK OF SCAVENGE PUMP BODY TO CRACK. MDR SUBMITTED AGAINST THE STARTER ADAPTER. PTRS #WP139606117. INCIDENT # IWP1396006. NO PILOT DEVIATION. NO NMAC. NO EIR. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N7816Q (1)

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

- [Accident 19760227006361A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760227006361A), Feb 27, 1976: Cessna 402A (N7816Q), Honolulu, HI, Substantial damage. Twy not visible to twr. This info published in arpt directory. Grnd ctl didnt advise either acft.

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.