# Incident 20020520013059I: Cessna 402C, Wichita, KS, May 20, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 2002, 10:30 local time
- Place: Wichita, KS
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: L4YA
- Location: 37.6922° N, 97.3375° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wichita, KS, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6922&lon=-97.3375&mi=10
- Aircraft: N11NX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N11NX-2013-04-25) (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 IO520*
- Pilot flight hours: 1,450 total, 600 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020520013059I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED DALLAS LOVE FIELD. THE RIGHT ALTERNATOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED. IT WAS RESET WITH NO FURTHER PROBLEMS. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS 50NM SOUTH OF PONCA CITY, OKLAHOMA THE LEFT ENGINE STARTED TO RUN ROUGH. THE DETERMINATION WAS MADE TO STAY VMC IN ORDER TO AVOID A POSSIBLE SINGLE ENGINE, NO ALTERNATOR IMC CONDITION. ATC WAS ASKED FOR ASSISTANCE IN ACHIEVING THIS. NO EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED NOR WAS PRIORITY ASKED FOR. THE ENGINE RAN SMOOTHER AT A REDUCED POWER SETTING AND THE FLIGHT WAS CONTINUED TO THE PLANNED AIRPORT AT WICHITA, KS. CARGO WAS UNLOADED AND THE DIRECTOR OF MAINTENANCE WAS NOTIFIED. THE AIRCRAFT GROUND RUN WAS NORMAL. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED BACK FOR DENTON, TEXAS. ON 05/21/2002 THE DIRECTOR OF MAINTENANCE WAS CALLED. THE AIRCRAFT MADE IT BACK WITH NO PROBLEMS. AFTER THE MECHANIC DID SOME FURTHER TROUBLESHOOTING, IT WAS FOUND AN INSULATOR WAS CRACKED ON ONE OF THE LEFT ENGINES SPARK PLUGS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE WITH NO FUTHER PROBLEMS. IT WAS SUSPECTED WHEN THE LEFT ENGINE GOT ROUGH THAT THE PARALLELING WAS THROWN OFF AND THAT IS SUSPECTED WHAT CAUSED THE RIGHT ENGINE ALTERNATOR TO HAVE TO BE RESET. THIS MATTER IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N11NX (1)

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

- [Accident 20000315004489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000315004489A), Mar 15, 2000: Cessna 402C (N11NX), San Antonio, TX, Substantial damage. (-23) On March 15, 2000, at 2208 CST a national express flight 510, N11NX, sustained damage during landing roll out on runway 03 at San Antonio International…

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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