19871222080849I

Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 208B · Sacramento, CA · December 22, 1987

Date
December 22, 1987 · 04:15 local
Place
Sacramento, CA
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
UNIA
Aircraft
N944FE
Reported as
Cessna 208B
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A114
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,000 total80 in this make and model150 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.

Encountered heavy icing 13000 feet. Entered into a spin. Stabilized at 700 feet above ground. Continued the flight.

As the FAA filed it

ENCOUNTERED HEAVY ICING 13000 FEET. ENTERED INTO A SPIN. STABILIZED AT 700 FEET ABOVE GROUND. CONTINUED THE FLIGHT.

Other reports on N944FE · 1

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