43.1548° N, 77.6156° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Rochester, NY, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 11, 1983 · 21:23 local
Place
Rochester, NY
Airport
Rochester
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
EADA
Aircraft
N8217
Reported as
Beech H18
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R985AN14B
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,200 total800 in this make and model240 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 throttle stuck at full throttle. Made safe emergency landing. Throttle cable frozen. Lacked lubrication.
As the FAA filed it
LEFT THROTTLE STUCK AT FULL THROTTLE. MADE SAFE EMERGENCY LANDING. THROTTLE CABLE FROZEN. LACKED LUBRICATION.