40.8000° N, 96.6670° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Lincoln, NE, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
September 13, 1980 · 17:00 local
Place
Lincoln, NE
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Aircraft
N28MC
Reported as
Hughes 369HS
Reported engine
Allison 250C18A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,000 total1,000 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.
Power loss necessitated precautionary landing. A bleed air fitting had stripped and detatched.
As the FAA filed it
POWER LOSS NECESSITATED PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. A BLEED AIR FITTING HAD STRIPPED AND DETATCHED.