# Incident 19960201002309I: Cessna 402B, Minneapolis, MN, February 1, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 1, 1996, 06:04 local time
- Place: Minneapolis, MN
- Airport: Minneapolis-St Paul International-Wold
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: DDNA
- Location: 44.9800° N, 93.2638° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Minneapolis, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9800&lon=-93.2638&mi=10
- Aircraft: N76MD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N76MD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402B (registry code 207590P, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSI0-520-F-K (registry code 17031, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsi0-520-f-k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402B
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,300 total, 600 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960201002309I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AFTER DEPARTING MSP ENROUTE TO FAR, CLIMBING THROUGH 4000 AGL, PILOT OBSERVED ENGINE OIL PRESSURE DROPPING. PILOT SECURED THE RIGHT ENGINE AND RETURNED TO MSP, LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. ENGINE BREATHER SYSTEM FROZE CAUSING CRANKCASE TO OVER-PRESSURIZE AND BLOW OUT THE CRANKSHAFT SEAL AND SUBSEQUENT LOSS OF ENGINE OIL. OAT AT THE TIME WAS -25F.

## Other reports on N76MD (1)

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

- [Accident 20160527007999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160527007999A), May 27, 2016: Cessna 402B (N76MD), Sioux Falls, SD, Substantial damage. On may 27, 2016, the company chief pilot was conducting initial new hire flight training with a new hire pilot in a Cessna 402B. They were doing practice…

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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