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Incident

FAA incident report · Cvac 34030 · Galveston, TX · March 3, 1982

Date
March 3, 1982 · 09:10 local
Place
Galveston, TX
Airport
Scholes Field
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
GATA
Aircraft
N3416
Reported as
Cvac 34030
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R2800*
People aboard
27
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 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.

En route, nr 2 engine backfired, bmep fluctuated and was shut down. Found nr 2 cylinder upper ring bank failed.

As the FAA filed it

EN ROUTE, NR 2 ENGINE BACKFIRED, BMEP FLUCTUATED AND WAS SHUT DOWN. FOUND NR 2 CYLINDER UPPER RING BANK FAILED.