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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech E18S · Charleston, WV · October 10, 1986

Date
October 10, 1986 · 19:50 local
Place
Charleston, WV
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N32M
Reported as
Beech E18S
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R985AN14B
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
9,200 total2,500 in this make and model125 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 power loss at cruise. Engine shutdown and safe diversion made. Cylinder studs had failed.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE POWER LOSS AT CRUISE. ENGINE SHUTDOWN AND SAFE DIVERSION MADE. CYLINDER STUDS HAD FAILED.

Other reports on N32M · 2

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.