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Incident

FAA incident report · Gulstm 680FLP · Great Falls, MT · December 9, 1987

Date
December 9, 1987 · 18:00 local
Place
Great Falls, MT
Airport
Great Falls International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
HSYA
Aircraft
N30321
Reported as
Gulstm 680FLP
Reported engine
Lycoming IO720B1B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
11,400 total1,000 in this make and model180 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.

Number two engine failure. Diverted to Great Falls. Main fuel line loose causing fuel starvation. Line tightened.

As the FAA filed it

NUMBER TWO ENGINE FAILURE. DIVERTED TO GREAT FALLS. MAIN FUEL LINE LOOSE CAUSING FUEL STARVATION. LINE TIGHTENED.