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Incident

FAA incident report · Bac 146200A · Big Sur, CA · April 22, 1988

Date
April 22, 1988 · 17:36 local
Place
Big Sur, CA
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
USAA
Aircraft
N174US
Reported as
Bac 146200A
People aboard
56
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
13,500 total2,500 in this make and model105 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.

ATC equipment showed plane below assigned altitude. Pilot verified correct altitude. Radar readout sometimes fautly

As the FAA filed it

ATC EQUIPMENT SHOWED PLANE BELOW ASSIGNED ALTITUDE. PILOT VERIFIED CORRECT ALTITUDE. RADAR READOUT SOMETIMES FAUTLY