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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 340A · Alton/St Louis, IL · May 5, 1988

Date
May 5, 1988 · 09:30 local
Place
Alton/St Louis, IL
Airport
St Louis Regional
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N3864G
Reported as
Cessna 340A
Reported engine
Continental TSIO520*
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
840 total450 in this make and model30 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.

Right tachometer generator failed on descent. Engine was shutdown. Landed at aln without incident.

As the FAA filed it

RIGHT TACHOMETER GENERATOR FAILED ON DESCENT. ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN. LANDED AT ALN WITHOUT INCIDENT.