19821209068219I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 551 · Palm Springs, CA · December 9, 1982

Date
December 9, 1982 · 08:38 local
Place
Palm Springs, CA
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1218V
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX83IA056
Reported as
Cessna 551
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT15D4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,200 total430 in this make and model50 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.

Lost transponder and autopilot in heavy rain. Lost control. Wrinkled stress panels on dive recovery. Standby HSI off

As the FAA filed it

LOST TRANSPONDER AND AUTOPILOT IN HEAVY RAIN. LOST CONTROL.WRINKLED STRESS PANELS ON DIVE RECOVERY. STANDBY HSI OFF

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.