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Incident

FAA incident report · Agusta A109 · Sioux Falls, SD · February 6, 1987

Date
February 6, 1987 · 21:15 local
Place
Sioux Falls, SD
Airport
Joe Foss Field
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
DYRA
Aircraft
N33SV
Reported as
Agusta A109
Reported engine
Allison 250C20B
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,600 total70 in this make and model30 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 shutdown due to excessive oil temperature. Returned and found a defective thermal relief valve.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE SHUTDOWN DUE TO EXCESSIVE OIL TEMPERATURE. RETURNED AND FOUND A DEFECTIVE THERMAL RELIEF VALVE.