29.7633° N, 95.3633° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles.Open in the map
Date
August 24, 1981 · 12:40 local
Place
Houston, TX
Airport
Intercontinental
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N6861D
Reported as
Cessna 550
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT15D4
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,200 total30 in this make and model120 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.
Left engine flamed out. Unable restart. Landed ok. Mainteneance found defective fuel control.
As the FAA filed it
LEFT ENGINE FLAMED OUT. UNABLE RESTART. LANDED OK. MAINTENEANCE FOUND DEFECTIVE FUEL CONTROL.