# Incident 20030822021349I: Cessna 402C, El Paso, TX, August 22, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 22, 2003, 17:15 local time
- Place: El Paso, TX
- Airport: El Paso International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: N3BA
- Location: 31.8073° N, 106.3764° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EL PASO INTL (ELP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8073&lon=-106.3764&mi=10
- Aircraft: N775RC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N775RC) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 75 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/20030822021349I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 22, 2003, AT APPROXIMATELY 1715 MDT, N775RC, A CESSNA CE-402-C, ENROUTE FROM ALBUQUERQUE, NM TO LAS CRUCES, NM. APPROXIMATELY 30 NW OF LAS CRUCES, NM IN CRUISE FLIGHT ENCOUNTERED LIGHT CHOP, HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND THEN LOST LEFT RUDDER EFFECTIVENESS. THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND ELECTED TO CONTINUE TO EL PASO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN THE EVENT THAT EMERGENCY SERVICES MIGHT BE NECESSARY. PILOT LANDED AT KELP WITHOUT INCIDENT.

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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