# Incident 19800319032129I: Nihon YS11A500, Winston Salem, NC, March 19, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 19, 1980, 18:45 local time
- Place: Winston Salem, NC
- Airport: Smith Reynolds
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: PAIA
- Location: 36.1337° N, 80.2220° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SMITH REYNOLDS (INT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1337&lon=-80.2220&mi=10
- Aircraft: N259P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N259P-2013-09-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Nihon YS-11A-500 (registry code 6310416, https://openairdocs.org/model/nihon-ys-11a-500) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce DART-542 series (registry code 54522, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-dart-542-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NIHON YS11A500
- People aboard: 59
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,870 total, 9,417 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800319032129I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

FLAPS COULD NOT BE EXTENDED BEYOND TWO DEGREES, FLAP ASYMMETRY CABLE BROKEN.

## Other reports on N259P (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19800118015099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800118015099I), Jan 18, 1980: Nihon YS11A500 (N259P), Winston Salem, NC. Right engine fire warning came on in flight. Discharged fire bottle and shut down engine.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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