# Incident 20021130033509I: Cessna 402B, Honolulu, HI, November 30, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 30, 2002, 10:30 local time
- Place: Honolulu, HI
- Airport: Honolulu International Airport
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: OIKA
- 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: N5403M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5403M-2018-04-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402B (registry code 207590P, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402B
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,150 total, 125 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021130033509I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT OBSERVED SMOKE & SPARK FROM BEHIND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. AIRPLANE WAS ON TAKEOFF ROLL AND HAD TO ABORT ITS TAKEOFF. MAINTENANCE COMPLETED A THOROUGH INSPECTION AND DETERMINED THE MALFUNCTION. AN INSTRUMENT POST LIGHT WIRE BROKEN AT THE LIGHT ASSY. THE ELECTRICAL SPARKS OBSERVED BY THE PILOT WERE FROM THE WIRE SHORTING OUT AT THE LIGHT ASSY. THE SPARKS DID NOT CAUSE THE LIGHT ASSY. CIRCUIT BREAKER TO POP. CORRECTIVE ACTION: REPLACED THE LIGHT CONNECTOR AND REPAIRED WIRE. WIRING WAS THE ORIGINAL INSTALLATION AND WAS IN GOOD REPAIR. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL HAVE INSPECTED ALL COMPANY AIRPLANES FOR ANY OTHER DISCREPANCIES. NONE WERE FOUND. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL CHECKED THE LIGHTING SYSTEM CIRCUIT BREAKERS FOR CONDITION. CIRCUIT BREAKERS WERE IN GOOD CONDITION AND OPERATIONAL. DIRECTOR OF MAINTENANCE HAS ACCOMPLISHED AND SENT A MALFUNCTION AND DEFECT REPORT TO THE FAA.

## Other reports on N5403M (3)

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

- [Incident 19890225017199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890225017199I), Feb 25, 1989: Cessna 402B (N5403M), Honolulu, HI, Minor damage. Loud noise then yawing on descent. Emergency door blew out. Landed at Honolulu. Lock pins and tabs were sheared.
- [Incident 19841011062089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841011062089I), Oct 11, 1984: Cessna 402B (N5403M), Honolulu, HI. Fuel seepage ignited in trailing edge of tip tank due to short in wire. Replaced o ring, wires, fuel pump line.
- [Incident 19780321009509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780321009509I), Mar 21, 1978: Cessna 402B (N5403M), Honolulu, HI, Minor damage. Taxiing aircraft hit a steel runup fence when brakes failed. Brake cylinder leaking due to improper "o" ring.

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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