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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 402C · Fairbanks, AK · January 2, 1999

Date: January 2, 1999 · 15:39 local
Place: Fairbanks, AK
Airport: Fairbanks International
Phase of flight: Climb
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: ACSA
Aircraft: N67908
Reported as: Cessna 402C
Reported engine: Continental TSIO520VB
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 7,200 total2,000 in this make and model200 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Lt engine had power surge (tried to overboost) approx. 1500 ft after t.o. from vee pqr pulled by throttle smoothed, continued our flight to clk, at altitude lt. eng. Had pwr. Loss but again smoothed out. Directed flight to fyn 1 ceiling there 1500 ft, noted oil coming out top cowl vent, I shut downlt engine, due to low ceiling at fyn deverted flight to fai single eng. Air temp at altitude was approx. 30F, could not find warmer air. On landing fai. Lt eng outbd side cowl was covered in oil. Only slight came out top vent which pilot could have seen. When cowl opened nothing devious, the eng. Oil seperator was check and found iced-up and pumped oil out of prop seal. Lots left in engine. No engine damage.

As the FAA filed it

LT ENGINE HAD POWER SURGE (TRIED TO OVERBOOST) APPROX. 1500 FT AFTER T.O. FROM VEE PQR PULLED BY THROTTLE SMOOTHED, CONTINUED OUR FLIGHT TO CLK, AT ALTITUDE LT. ENG. HAD PWR. LOSS BUT AGAIN SMOOTHED OUT. DIRECTED FLIGHT TO FYN 1 CEILING THERE 1500 FT, NOTED OIL COMING OUT TOP COWL VENT, I SHUT DOWNLT ENGINE, DUE TO LOW CEILING AT FYN DEVERTED FLIGHT TO FAI SINGLE ENG. AIR TEMP AT ALTITUDE WAS APPROX. 30F, COULD NOT FIND WARMER AIR. ON LANDING FAI. LT ENG OUTBD SIDE COWL WAS COVERED IN OIL. ONLY SLIGHT CAME OUT TOP VENT WHICH PILOT COULD HAVE SEEN. WHEN COWL OPENED NOTHING DEVIOUS, THE ENG. OIL SEPERATOR WAS CHECK AND FOUND ICED-UP AND PUMPED OIL OUT OF PROP SEAL. LOTS LEFT IN ENGINE. NO ENGINE DAMAGE.