# Incident 20011011029579I: Cessna 402C, Honolulu, HI, October 11, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 11, 2001, 12:00 local time
- Place: Honolulu, HI
- Airport: Honolulu International Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: RNVA
- Location: 21.3069° N, 157.8583° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Honolulu, HI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.3069&lon=-157.8583&mi=10
- Aircraft: N817PW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N817PW-2008-02-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402C (registry code 207590R, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: TCM Cont TSIO-520 series (registry code 17060, https://openairdocs.org/engine/tcm-cont-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402C
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 700 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011011029579I

## Narrative

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

(-23)PILOT DEPARTED WEST MAUI ENROUTE TO HNL WITHOUT PASSENGERS. AFTER DEPARTURE, SIC CALL FOR CHECKLIST AND PIC TURNED TRANSPOMDER ON.  WHILE APPROACHING HNL "ENHANCED CLASS B AIRSPACE", TWO F-15 FIGHTERS JOINED UP WITH THE AIRCRAFT.  PIC CONTACTED ATC AND WAS TOLD TO "SQUAWK IDENT".  PIC DID SO AND THE FLIGHT WAS NOTIFIED FO THE F-15S PRESENCE.  PIC SWITCHED ONE RADIO TO 121.5 AND ATTEMPTED TO CALL FIGHTERS AND THERE WAS NO RESPONSE.  PIC WAS ESCORTED TO HNL BY FIGHTERS WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.  AFTER REVIEW OF THE FLIGHT WITH THE PIC, ONLY PROBLEM DETECTED WAS THE FAILURE OF THE "ON/OFF" SWITCH TO BE TURNED FULLY INTO THE "ON" POSITION.  PIC AGREED TO GIVE BRIEFING TO RNVA PILOT GROUP AND GIVE A PRESENTATION TO A "WINGS" SAFETY MEETING DISCUSSING THE FLIGHT AND DOUBLE CHECKS TO PREFORM DURING FLIGHT OPERATIONS.

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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