# Incident 20150917015199I: Cessna 402C, Albuquerque, NM, September 17, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 2015, 23:30 local time
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Airport: Albuquerque Sunport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: N3BA
- Location: 35.0389° N, 106.6083° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALBUQUERQUE INTL SUNPORT (ABQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0389&lon=-106.6083&mi=10
- Aircraft: N38CJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N38CJ) (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
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 5,688 total, 2,807 in this make and model, 326 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150917015199I

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 17, 2015, AT 2330 MDT, A CESSNA 402-C BEARING REGISTRATION NUMBER N38CJ, REGISTERED TO DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT CORP INC., SUSTAINED AN ENGINE FAILURE AT 21,000 FT. NEAR ESPANOLA, NM ON A CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM ALBUQUERQUE SUNPORT, ALBUQUERQUE, NM (KABQ) TO CENTENNIAL AIRPORT, DENVER, CO (KAPA).  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A CARGO REVENUE FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT?S RIGHT ENGINE SUSTAINED CATASTROPHIC FAILURE, AND THE CERTIFICATED AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT (ATP) WAS NOT INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM ALBUQUERQUE, NM ON SEPTEMBER 17, 2015, AT 2301 MDT

## Other reports on N38CJ (2)

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

- [Accident 20020312003179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020312003179A), Mar 12, 2002: Cessna 402C (N38CJ), Albuquerque, NM, No damage. (.19) On March 12, 2002, at 0830 mountain standard time, a Cessna 402C airplane, N38CJ, registered to and operated by aero charter and transport of…
- [Incident 19980213005219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980213005219I), Feb 13, 1998: Cessna 402C (N38CJ), Albuquerque, NM, Minor damage. Narrative: on 02/13/98 at 0454 MST, N38CJ, a Cessna 402C, owned by distribution management corp, inc., and operated by b&m enterprises, dba new Mexico flying…

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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