# Incident 20100629035719I: Cessna 402A, Puyallup, WA, June 29, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 29, 2010, 00:11 local time
- Place: Puyallup, WA
- Airport: Pierce County Airport Thun Fie
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: TVDA
- Location: 47.1039° N, 122.2872° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PIERCE COUNTY/THUN FLD (PLU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.1039&lon=-122.2872&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4549Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4549Q-2013-06-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402A (registry code 207590M, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR GTSIO-520-C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 3,700 total, 1,700 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100629035719I

## Narrative

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

ON 6/29/2010, AT APPROXIMATELY 0011 HRS, PDT, CE-402A AIRCRAFT, N4549Q, OPERATING AS AEROFLIGHT 422 (TVDA 422), UNDER PART 91, ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN IN VMC FROM TROUTDALE, OR (TTD) TO BOEING FIELD (BFI), SEATTLE, WA, EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF THE RIGHT ENGINE APPROXIMATELY 30NM SOUTH OF BFI. THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND (PIC) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, ATP CERTIFICATE #545701018, DELARED AN EMERGENCY WITH AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL AND DIVERTED TO PIERCE COUNTY AIRPORT THUN FIELD (PLU), PUYALLUP, WA. THE FIRST LANDING ATTEMPT TO RUNWAY 16 WAS ABORTED DUE TO EXCESSIVE ALTITUDE ON FINAL APPROACH. THE PIC PERFORMED A GO-AROUND AT 300 FEET, CIRCLED TO A RIGHT DOWNWIND AT 300 FEET AND ENTERED A MID- FIELD LEFT BASE FOR RUNWAY 34. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON RUNWAY 34 WITH 400 FEET OF RUNWAY REMAINING AND ROLLED OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND THROUGH 800 FEET OF GRASS OVERRUN BEFORE COMING TO A STOP AGAINST A CHAIN LINK FENCE. THE PIC WAS UNINJURED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMGE TO LEFT TIP TANK NOSE CONE AND SKIN WRINKLING OF THE OUTBOARD PANEL OF THE TIP TANK FAIRING. INVESTIGATION DISCLOSED A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF WATER AND DEBRIS IN ALL OF THE FUEL TANKS. ADDITIONALLY, THE RIGHT ENGINE FUEL TANK SELECTOR WAS IMPROPERLY RIGGED PREVENTING PROPER CORRELATION OF THE FUEL TANK SELECTOR DETENTS WITH THE FUEL TANK PLACARD.

## Other reports on N4549Q (2)

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

- [Accident 19870317006349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870317006349A), Mar 17, 1987: Cessna 402A (N4549Q), Walla Walla, WA, Substantial damage. Right main gear collasped on landing. Bell crank assembly broke on instant overload.
- [Accident 19790607031529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790607031529A), Jun 7, 1979: Cessna 402A (N4549Q), Wenatchee, WA, Substantial damage. Eng fire was noted at touchdown. Plt secured engine. Fire dept put out fire. Found leaking fuel line.

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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