# Incident 19880422066369I: Bac 146200A, Big Sur, CA, April 22, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 22, 1988, 17:36 local time
- Place: Big Sur, CA
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: USAA
- Location: 36.2702° N, 121.8075° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Big Sur, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2702&lon=-121.8075&mi=10
- Aircraft: N174US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N174US-1996-05-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: British Aerospace BAE 146 SERIES 200A (registry code 1500266, https://openairdocs.org/model/british-aerospace-bae-146-series-200a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BAC 146200A
- People aboard: 56
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,500 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 105 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880422066369I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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