42.4439° N, 76.5031° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Ithaca, NY, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
April 29, 1987 · 14:39 local
Place
Ithaca, NY
Airport
Tompkins County
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N12ZA
Reported as
Gulstm 695A
Reported engine
AiResearch TPE33110
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,500 total417 in this make and model60 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 surged with a torque drop. Engine shutdown, diverted. Found a nicked o ring in fuel controller spool valve
As the FAA filed it
ENGINE SURGED WITH A TORQUE DROP. ENGINE SHUTDOWN, DIVERTED. FOUND A NICKED O RING IN FUEL CONTROLLER SPOOL VALVE