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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna T303 · Memphis, TN · February 14, 1985

Date
February 14, 1985 · 08:45 local
Place
Memphis, TN
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Aircraft
N3283C
Reported as
Cessna T303
Reported engine
Continental TSIO520AE
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
50 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.

Lost control and stalled into inverted spin and recovered on approach. Deice valve stuck, vacuum pump failed.

As the FAA filed it

LOST CONTROL AND STALLED INTO INVERTED SPIN AND RECOVERED ON APPROACH. DEICE VALVE STUCK, VACUUM PUMP FAILED.