# Incident 20010928026039I: Cessna 402B, Ft Lauderdale, FL, September 28, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 2001, 11:15 local time
- Place: Ft Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Ft Lauderdale-Hollywood International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: AFWA
- Location: 26.0717° N, 80.1497° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT LAUDERDALE/HOLLYWOOD INTL (FLL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0717&lon=-80.1497&mi=10
- Aircraft: N69308, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N69308-2009-08-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402B (registry code 207590P, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 550 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010928026039I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FT. LAUDERDALE, FL (FLL) FOR WALKERS CAY, BAHAMAS AT 11:15 ON RUNWAY 9L. AT 11:25 AT CRUISE ALTITUDE OF 75OO FEET, NOTICED 3" LOSS OF MANIFOLD PRESSURE LEFT ENGINE, BROUGHT THROTTLE UP A LITTLE TO COMPENSATE. LOST POWER, TURNED AIRCRAFT AROUND, LEFT ENGINE FEATHERED, STARTED DESCENT TO FLL, LANDED WITH NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED A ONE (1) INCH HOLE ON TOP OF CASE ACROSS FROM #5 CYLINDER. ENGINE IS CONTINENTAL MOTORS OVERHAUL WITH 265.3 HOURS TOTAL TIME SINCE NEW. CONTINENTAL TEAR DOWN REPORT REQUESTED FOR SDR ACTION.

## Other reports on N69308 (1)

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

- [Incident 19810113005949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810113005949I), Jan 13, 1981: Cessna 402B (N69308), Auburn, CA, Minor damage. During taxi the left wing tip struck the propeller and propeller spinner of a parked aircraft.

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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