- Date
- October 4, 1986, 06:53 local (13:53 UTC)
- Place
- Everett, WA
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2651YCessna 402C
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861004087539I
- Case key
- 40541
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the incident.
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Analysis
While enroute from seattle to bellingham on a regularly scheduled passenger commuter flight the left engine number 3 exhaust riser burned through. The pilot visually detected a discoloration on the left engine nacelle inflight but was unable to execute a precautionary landing before a burn through of the engine cowl occurred. An uneventful landing at Everett, Washington, was accomplished. The component had approximately 4000 hours since its last overhaul and 70 hours since its last 100 hour inspection.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2651Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 402C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 402C0343
- Airframe hours
- 8,252
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-VB, 325 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- San Juan Air Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- SEA · Seattle, WA
- Destination
- BLI · Bellingham, WA
- Flight plan
- IFR
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 38
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,055 total · 2,700 in this make and model · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.