# Incident 20000620033419I: Cessna 402C, Albuquerque, NM, June 20, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 20, 2000, 08:33 local time
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Airport: Albuquerque International Airport
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HAEA
- Location: 35.0416° N, 106.5560° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Albuquerque Airport (1928), closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0416&lon=-106.5560&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3246M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3246M-2012-10-02) (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 TSIO520*
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000620033419I

## Narrative

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

(-23)AFTER DEPARTING ELP, REPORTED #1 ENGINE RUNNING ERRATICALLY. DECLARED EMERGENCY, RETURNED TO NEAREST AVAILABLE RUNWAY, BIGGS AFB, RUNWAY 3. AFTER PERFORMING GROUND RUN-UP, MAINTENANCE FOUND ENGINE FUEL PUMP DEFECTIVE.  AIRCRAFT OWNED/OPERATED BY TEXAS AIR CHARTERS ^PRIVACY DATA^.  WET LEASE.

## Other reports on N3246M (2)

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

- [Incident 19860504036099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860504036099I), May 4, 1986: Cessna 402C (N3246M), Ft Lauderdale, FL. Both propellers stopped on final approach due to fuel exhaustion. Safe landing on runway. Passenger complaint.
- [Incident 19811130086389I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811130086389I), Nov 30, 1981: Cessna 402C (N3246M), Cleveland, OH. Leak in tire tube caused tube to deflate on landing. Was able to taxi clear of runway. Tire changed on taxiway.

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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