# Incident 19990202010579I: Cessna 402C, Fairbanks, AK, February 2, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 2, 1999, 15:39 local time
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Airport: Fairbanks International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ACSA
- Location: 64.8154° N, 147.8567° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FAIRBANKS INTL (FAI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8154&lon=-147.8567&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6790B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6790B-2009-06-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402C (registry code 207590R, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402C
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520VB
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,200 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990202010579I

## Narrative

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

LT ENG HAD POWER SURGE (TRIED TO OVERBOOST) APPROX. 1500FT. AFTER T.O. FROM VEE PWR PULLED BY THROTTLE SMOOTHED, CONTINUED OUR FLIGHT TO CLK, AT ALTITUDE LT ENG. HAD PWR LOSS BUT AGAIN SMOOTHED OUT. DIVERTED FLIGHT TO FYN, CEILING THERE 1500 FT, NOTED OIL COMING OUT TOP COWL VENT, SHUT DOWN LT ENG, DUE TO LOW CEILING AT FYN, DIVERTED 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 AMT ON TOP VENT WHICH PILOT COULD HAVE SEEN. WHEN COWL OPENED NOTHING OBVIOUS, THE ENG OIL SEPARATOR WAS CHECK AND FOUND ICED UP AND PUMPED OIL OUT OF PROP SEAL. 6QTS LEFT IN ENGINE. NO ENGINE DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N6790B (1)

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

- [Incident 19831104070319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831104070319I), Nov 4, 1983: Cessna 402CESSNA (N6790B), Bangor, ME. Unsafe gear indication. Landed without incident. Gear indicator pin loose.

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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