# Incident 19980602024269I: Cessna 402C, Syracuse, NY, June 2, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 2, 1998, 08:50 local time
- Place: Syracuse, NY
- Airport: Syracuse Hancock International
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BQTA
- Location: 43.1112° N, 76.1063° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SYRACUSE HANCOCK INTL (SYR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1112&lon=-76.1063&mi=10
- Aircraft: N402ME, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N402ME-2017-03-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402C (registry code 207590R, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402C
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520VB
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980602024269I

## Narrative

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

RT ENGINES OIL PRESSURE HAD DROPPED TO 20PSI. MAINTENANCE FOUND METAL CONTAMINATION IN FILTER.

## Other reports on N402ME (3)

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

- [Accident 20021204034159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021204034159A), Dec 4, 2002: Cessna 402C (N402ME), Lewisville, TX, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) On December 4, 2002, at approximately 0616 local time, a Cessna 402C multiengine airplane, N402ME, operated by tex star air freight inc., of denton,…
- [Incident 19950207002799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950207002799I), Feb 7, 1995: Cessna 402C (N402ME), Buffalo, NY, Minor damage. Narrative: on 2/7/95 at approx. 0745 EST, a Cessna 402, registration N402ME, being operated by business air, experienced a right main landing gear failure upon…
- [Incident 19921001044589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921001044589I), Oct 1, 1992: Cessna 402C (N402ME), Utica, NY, Minor damage. Unsafe nose gear light. Landed nose gear up. Found cracked hydraulic line. Emergency extension improperly rigged.

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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