# Incident 19880503020819I: Cessna S550, Pittsburgh, PA, May 3, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 3, 1988, 20:15 local time
- Place: Pittsburgh, PA
- Airport: Greater Pittsburgh International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4406° N, 79.9959° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pittsburgh, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4406&lon=-79.9959&mi=10
- Aircraft: N683MB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA S550
- Reported engine: PWA JT15D4
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,500 total, 4,300 in this make and model, 112 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880503020819I

## Narrative

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

LOUD BANG. LEFT ENGINE ITT GAUGE WENT TO ZERO. FOUND ENGINE BLADES WERE NICKED AND ONE BLADE PART MISSING.

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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