FAA incident report · Cessna 550 · Lancaster, PA · December 13, 1985
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.
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Climbed 500 feet above assigned altitude. Less than minimum separation resulted. Flight director malfunction.
CLIMBED 500 FEET ABOVE ASSIGNED ALTITUDE. LESS THAN MINIMUM SEPARATION RESULTED. FLIGHT DIRECTOR MALFUNCTION.