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Incident

FAA incident report · Cvac 24027 · St Louis, MO · December 10, 1985

Date
December 10, 1985 · 11:06 local
Place
St Louis, MO
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
PTLA
Aircraft
N157PA
Reported as
Cvac 24027
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R2800*
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.

Engine backfired and lost power in flight. Diverted with engine shutdown. Type of engine malfunction not reported.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE BACKFIRED AND LOST POWER IN FLIGHT. DIVERTED WITH ENGINE SHUTDOWN. TYPE OF ENGINE MALFUNCTION NOT REPORTED.