- Date
- May 17, 1973
- Place
- Prescott, AZ · PRESCOTT, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4527QCessna 402A
- Status
- Completed · report November 30, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 79590
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0026 73/5/17 PRESCOTT,ARIZ CESSNA 402A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 2023 TIME - 1932 N4527Q PX- 0 0 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER TOTAL HOURS, 1300 IN DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PRESCOTT,ARIZ LAKE HAVASU CTY,ARIZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - EXHAUST SYSTEM: EXTERNAL SUPERCHARGER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - STUCK MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LEAK/LEAKAGE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- OIL LEAKED FROM TURBOCHARGER THRU STUCK OPEN MAN PRESS RELIEF VALVE & IGNITED BY HOT EXH MANIFOLD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4527Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 402A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage