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Incident

FAA incident report · Beech E18S · Albany, NY · October 23, 1980

Date
October 23, 1980 · 20:00 local
Place
Albany, NY
Airport
Co
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Aircraft
N51M
Reported as
Beech E18S
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
10,500 total2,500 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.

Za zk engine shut down due to loss of oil pressure. Found plug backed out of prop governor.

As the FAA filed it

ZA ZK ENGINE SHUT DOWN DUE TO LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE. FOUND PLUG BACKED OUT OF PROP GOVERNOR.