19800306028669I

Incident

FAA incident report · Beech D55 · Seattle, WA · March 6, 1980

Date
March 6, 1980 · 09:30 local
Place
Seattle, WA
Airport
Portland International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N16BB
Reported as
Beech D55
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,000 total35 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.

Complete audio failure enroute, system showed no discrepancies. Possibly stuck microphone button.

As the FAA filed it

COMPLETE AUDIO FAILURE ENROUTE, SYSTEM SHOWED NO DISCREPANCIES. POSSIBLY STUCK MICROPHONE BUTTON.