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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 550 · Mason City, IA · August 26, 1987

Date
August 26, 1987 · 17:35 local
Place
Mason City, IA
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
DYRA
Aircraft
N171LE
Reported as
Cessna 550
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,300 total100 in this make and model75 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.

Unable to maintain cabin pressure at FL350. Descent emergency and diverted. Replaced faulty pneumatic relay.

As the FAA filed it

UNABLE TO MAINTAIN CABIN PRESSURE AT FL350. DESCENT EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED. REPLACED FAULTY PNEUMATIC RELAY.