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Incident

FAA incident report · Skrsky S55 · West Palm Beach, FL · February 3, 1988

Date
February 3, 1988 · 19:09 local
Place
West Palm Beach, FL
Airport
Palm Beach International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N2650M
Reported as
Skrsky S55
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R134057
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,000 total270 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.

Engine lost power at cruise altitude. Landed on golf course. Failure due to fracture of cylinder exhaust push rod.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE LOST POWER AT CRUISE ALTITUDE. LANDED ON GOLF COURSE. FAILURE DUE TO FRACTURE OF CYLINDER EXHAUST PUSH ROD.