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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 550 · St Louis, MO · May 5, 1988

Date
May 5, 1988 · 09:19 local
Place
St Louis, MO
Airport
Lambert-St Louis International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
RMIA
Aircraft
N55WL
Reported as
Cessna 550
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT15D4
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,400 total600 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.

Engine spooldown and drop in oil pressure. Shut engine down and diverted. Suspect failure of #4 bearing.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE SPOOLDOWN AND DROP IN OIL PRESSURE. SHUT ENGINE DOWN AND DIVERTED. SUSPECT FAILURE OF #4 BEARING.

Other reports on N55WL · 2

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