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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 402 · Caldwell, ID · June 20, 2011

Date
June 20, 2011 · 12:40 local
Place
Caldwell, ID
Airport
Caldwell
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N3278Q
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR11LA269
Reported as
Cessna 402
Reported engine
Continental TSIO-520-E
People aboard
9
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
3
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
6,000 total1,200 in this make and model60 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The pilot, privacy data omitted, while conducting skydiving operations for skydown, expierienced a loss of power in the right engine on climb out. At aproximatly 150 feet AGL the right engine lost power and the aircraft started a right roll. The pilot retarded both throtles and leveled the aircraft proir to ground contact on airport property. Found 3 pieces of latex in the right main fuel tank, ranging from 1-3 inches in diameter.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WHILE CONDUCTING SKYDIVING OPERATIONS FOR SKYDOWN, EXPIERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER IN THE RIGHT ENGINE ON CLIMB OUT. AT APROXIMATLY 150 FEET AGL THE RIGHT ENGINE LOST POWER AND THE AIRCRAFT STARTED A RIGHT ROLL. THE PILOT RETARDED BOTH THROTLES AND LEVELED THE AIRCRAFT PROIR TO GROUND CONTACT ON AIRPORT PROPERTY. FOUND 3 PIECES OF LATEX IN THE RIGHT MAIN FUEL TANK, RANGING FROM 1-3 INCHES IN DIAMETER.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.