# Incident 19970330008689I: Cessna 402CESSNA, Grand Canyon, AZ, March 30, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 30, 1997, 15:00 local time
- Place: Grand Canyon, AZ
- Airport: Grand Canyon National Park
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: BROA
- Location: 35.9524° N, 112.1470° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Grand Canyon National Park Airport (GCN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9524&lon=-112.1470&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3283Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3283Q-2018-01-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402 (registry code 207590K, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402CESSNA
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520EB
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,778 total, 97 in this make and model, 219 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970330008689I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT WAS FLYING OVER THE GRAND CANYON ON THE BLUE DIRECT SOUTH WHEN HE HEARD A LOUD BANG. THE RIGHT ENGINE STARTED TO RUN ROUGH AND VIBRATE, WHILE OIL PRESSURE, MANIFOLD PRESSURE AND TACHOMETER STARTED TO RAPIDLY DROP. PILOT FEATHERED THE INOPERATIVE ENGINE PROPELLER, SECURED THE AIRPLANE AND FLEW TO THE GRAND CANYON WEST AIRPORT WHERE A SUCCESSFUL LANDING WAS MADE WITH NO INJURIES TO THE CREW OR DAMAGE TO THE AIRPLANE. MALFUNCTION REPORT CITED THE CAUSE AS A #5 PISTON PIN BROKEN AND #4 CYLINDER CONNECTING ROD SEPARATED FROM ITS JOURNAL. NO EIR NO NMAC THIS REPORT AND INVESTIGATION IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N3283Q (1)

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

- [Incident 19921001044919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921001044919I), Oct 1, 1992: Cessna 402CESSNA (N3283Q), Las Vegas, NV. Right engine rough on climb. Feathered engine. Returned. Landed safely. Found hole in exhaust stack.

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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