N87CG

CESSNA 402B · 1975 · Valid Registration

Registered owner: PRO AIRE CARGO & CONSULTING CO INC, WI (owner ≠ operator)

Operators of this aircraft

Who operated this tail, and how firmly we know it.

OperatorRolePeriodBasis
AIR EXEC, INC. (CSSA)Certificate holderMatched by certificate designator

Accident & incident history

No NTSB accidents or incidents on file for this aircraft.

Maintenance disclosures

R · 2021-04-20 Matched by certificate designator
ATA 7414

RH MAGNETO ON RH ENGINE RAN ROUGH DURING PREFLIGHT RUNUP. ENGINE CLEARED UP AFTER LEANING MIXTURE FOR 2 MINUTES. TAXIED TO RUNWAY. DURING TAKEOFF RUN THE ENGINE WAS UNABLE TO PRODUCE SAME TAKEOFF POWER AS LH ENGINE, SO PIC ABORTED TAKEOFF. HE DID ANOTHER RUNUP ONCE EXITING THE ACTIVE RUNWAY. HE WAS NOT ABLE TO CLEAR UP THE ENGINE ISSUE THIS TIME. HE CALLED COMPANY MAINTENANCE AND DESCRIBED ISSUE. DOM/MECHANIC VERIFIED MAGNETO WAS RUNNING ROUGH BY PERFORMING ANOTHER RUNUP. REMOVED MAGNETO LEAD HARNESS AND FOUND LIGHT CORROSION AND MOISTURE ON THE DISTRIBUTOR BLOCK AND SPRINGS ON LEAD HARNESS. MECHANIC CLEANED LEAD HARNESS AND INSTALLED OVERHAULED MAGNETO OF SAME MODEL AS REMOVED AND TIMED TO ENGINE. PERFORMED ANOTHER RUNUP AND MAGNETO DROP WITHIN LIMITS, THUS OPS CHECK OK. FOUND THAT ISSUE WAS DUE TO MOISTURE CAUSING CORROSION ON DISTRIBUTOR BLOCK AND WAS NOT AN ACTUAL FAILURE OF THE MAGNETO ITSELF. THIS AIRCRAFT OPERATES IN ALL WEATHER CONDITIONS FREQUENTLY (INCLUDING RAIN AND SNOW). IT ALSO IS NOT HANGARED MOST NIGHTS WHEN AWAY FROM HOME BASE (AT LEAST 5 TIMES PER WEEK). WE HAVE DECIDED TO INCREASE OUR INSPECTION INTERVALS MORE FREQUENT THAN THE CHAMPION/SLICK SERVICE BULLETIN (SB1-86C) STATES OF EVERY 500 HOURS IN SERVICE.

Source: SDR CSSA2021042001 · FAA SDRS