# Accident 20240711014689A: Cessna 402B, Aguadilla, PR, July 11, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 2024, 09:23 local time
- Place: Aguadilla, PR
- Airport: Rafael Hernandez
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 18.5060° N, 67.1123° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.5060&lon=-67.1123&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4167G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4167G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402B (registry code 207590P, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA24FA301](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24FA301) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240711014689A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 11, 2024, ABOUT 0923 ATLANTIC STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 402B AIRPLANE, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT NEAR RAFAEL HERNANDEZ AIRPORT (TJBQ), AGUADILLA, PUERTO RICO. THE PRIVATE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED, AND A PERSON ON THE GROUND

SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THE AIRPLANE WAS OPERATED BY THE PILOT AS A PERSONAL FLIGHT CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91. SEQUENCE OF EVENTS AS PER ADS-B DATA RECEIVED WERE AS FOLLOWS: TIME: 9:17.00, PILOT REPORTED HE WAS READY FOR TAKE OFF TO THE EAST, HE WAS CLEARED FOR TAKE OFF BY THE TOWER AT 9:19.12.  THEN AT 9.21:31, PILOT REPORTED INTENTION TO RETURN TO RUNWAY 8 DUE TO "VIBRATION OF THE RIGHT ENGINE" STATING: "NO EMERGENCY FOR RIGHT NOW" NEXT AT, 9.22:19, PILOT REPORTED "MAYDAY MAYDAY" "ENGINE FAILURE" BEING THAT THE LAST COMUNICATION RECORDED //END//.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA24FA301](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24FA301), Jul 11, 2024: Cessna 402B (N4167G), Aguadilla, PR, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s decision to operate the airplane with known maintenance discrepancies, which resulted in a total loss of right engine power. Contributing to the outcome was the pilot’s failure to…

## Other reports on N4167G (1)

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

- [Accident 19780728043059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780728043059A), Jul 28, 1978: Cessna 402B (N4167G), Indianapolis, IN, Destroyed. Pilot aborted takeoff run for unknown reason.

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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