# Incident 19820204003169I: Stbros SD330, Sterling, IL, February 4, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 4, 1982, 08:55 local time
- Place: Sterling, IL
- Airport: Whiteside Co
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: MVAA
- Location: 41.7997° N, 89.6959° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sterling, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7997&lon=-89.6959&mi=10
- Aircraft: N330US (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: STBROS SD330
- People aboard: 16
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,385 total, 1,320 in this make and model, 105 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820204003169I

## Narrative

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

ZA ZG ZK FLIGHT DIVERTED WHEN LEFT PROPELLER FLUCTUATED 400 RPM. GOVERNOR #821009 REPLACED. SDR ISSUED.

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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