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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA31350 · Salt Lake City, UT · November 18, 1985

Date
November 18, 1985 · 21:30 local
Place
Salt Lake City, UT
Airport
Salt Lake City International
Phase of flight
Initial Approach-IFR
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
IGEA
Aircraft
N3517T
Reported as
Piper PA31350
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
17,500 total500 in this make and model320 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.

Autopilot would not disconnect until master turned off. Descended below minimums. Replaced autopilot switches.

As the FAA filed it

AUTOPILOT WOULD NOT DISCONNECT UNTIL MASTER TURNED OFF. DESCENDED BELOW MINIMUMS. REPLACED AUTOPILOT SWITCHES.