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Incident

FAA incident report · Beech B-60 · San Jose, CA · June 22, 1978

Date
June 22, 1978 · 15:30 local
Place
San Jose, CA
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N4420W
Reported as
Beech B60
Reported engine
Lycoming TIO541E1C4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,400 total52 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Engine RPM dropped to 600, mp to 20 inches, engine shut down. Cause not yet known.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE RPM DROPPED TO 600, MP TO 20 INCHES, ENGINE SHUT DOWN. CAUSE NOT YET KNOWN.