# Incident 19880505020669I: Cessna 340A, Alton/St Louis, IL, May 5, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 1988, 09:30 local time
- Place: Alton/St Louis, IL
- Airport: St Louis Regional
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8899° N, 90.0460° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ST LOUIS RGNL (ALN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8899&lon=-90.0460&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3864G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3864G-2020-11-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340A (registry code 2076405, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340A
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 840 total, 450 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880505020669I

## Narrative

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

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

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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