# Incident 20121103024109I: Cessna 402B, Milwaukee, WI, November 3, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 3, 2012, 07:15 local time
- Place: Milwaukee, WI
- Airport: Milwaukee General Mitchell
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: KCQA
- Location: 43.0389° N, 87.9065° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Milwaukee, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0389&lon=-87.9065&mi=10
- Aircraft: N402CZ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N402CZ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402B (registry code 207590P, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520-E (registry code 17255, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520-E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,351 total, 126 in this make and model, 116 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121103024109I

## Narrative

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

ON SATURDAY NOVEMBER 3, 2012, CESSNA 402B, N402CZ, FLIGHT NO. FRG1540 DEPARTED MKE AT APPROXIMATELY 07:15 CDT WITH A DESTINATION OF MRJ. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROXIMATELY 25 MILES WEST OF MKE THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE LEFT ENGINE SPUTTERED TWICE AND THEN IT QUIT RUNNING. THE PILOT COMPLETED THE ENGINE FAILURE IN-FLIGHT, DURING NON CRITICAL PHASE OF FLIGHT EMERGENCY CHECKLIST (REF FREIGHT RUNNERS EXPRESS, INC. CESSNA 402B COCKPIT REFERENCE HANDBOOK, P/N FRE-402B-83). THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE ENGINE AND THEN COMPLETED THE ENGINE SECURING EMERGENCY CHECKLIST.THE AIRCRAFT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO MKE AS IT WAS THE MOST SUITABLE AIRPORT IN RANGE AND PERFORMED A SINGLE ENGINE LANDING WITH NO COMPLICATIONS.

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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