# Incident 20150916015379I: Cessna 402C, Windsor Locks, CT, September 16, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 2015, 10:15 local time
- Place: Windsor Locks, CT
- Airport: Bradley
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HYIA
- Location: 41.9390° N, 72.6843° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BRADLEY INTL (BDL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9390&lon=-72.6843&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1055, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1055-2024-06-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402C (registry code 207590R, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402C
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO 520SER
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150916015379I

## Narrative

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

ON 9/16/2015, CAPE AIR FLIGHT KAP 284, AIRCRAFT N1055, ENROUTE FROM LEBANON, NEW HAMPSHIRE (LEB) TO WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (HPN), DECLARED AN EMERGENCY TO AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL (ATC) DUE TO THE LOSS OF THE RIGHT HAND ENGINE OIL PRESSURE.THE AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO BRADLEY (BDL) AND LANDED WITH VISIBLE SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE RIGHT HAND ENGINE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ABLE TO TURN OFF THE RUNWAY ONTO THE NEAREST TAXIWAY. THE BDL AIRPORT RESCUE AND FIRE FIGHTERS (ARFF) RESPONDED, AND THE TWO FLIGHT CREW MEMBERS WITH 7 PASSENGERS WERE EVACUATED ON THE TAXIWAY. NO FIRE OR INJURIES WERE REPORTED.THE EVACUATION WAS CONDUCTED THROUGH THE LEFT HAND CABIN DOOR ENTRANCE AND NOT THE EMERGENCY EXISTS.

UPON INITIAL INSPECTION BY THE FLIGHT CREW, ENGINE OIL WAS FOUND RUNNING ALONG THE RIGHT HAND ENGINE COWLING AND A LARGE HOLE AT THE ENGINE BLOCK VISIBLE FROM THE ENGINE OIL SERVICING ACCESS DOOR. CAPE AIR MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE RIGHT HAND ENGINE AND PROPELLER ASSEMBLY. THE FAILED ENGINE WILL BE SENT FOR MAJOR OVERHAUL TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE FOR FAILURE, AND THE OPERATOR WILL SUBMIT A SERVICE DIFFICULTY REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH AIR CARRIER REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. THIS  INVESTIGATION HAS REVEALED THAT PILOT ACTIONS DID NOT CONTRIBUTE TO THIS INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N1055 (1)

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

- [Incident 20230517008089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230517008089I), May 17, 2023: Cessna 402C (N1055), Boston, MA, Minor damage. On 05/17/2023 aircraft was on an internal training flight landing at Boston Logan (bos) airport. Aircraft landed runway 32 and the rt main gear collapsed on…

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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