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Incident

FAA incident report · EMB EMB110P1 · Fresno, CA · May 24, 1988

Date
May 24, 1988 · 08:48 local
Place
Fresno, CA
Airport
Fresno Air Terminal
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
WTAA
Aircraft
N218EB
Reported as
EMB EMB110P1
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A34
People aboard
9
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,500 total1,500 in this make and model210 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.

Lost left engine power at cruise. Diverted and landed. Air tap line had fatiqued and broke. Caused fuel shutdown.

As the FAA filed it

LOST LEFT ENGINE POWER AT CRUISE. DIVERTED AND LANDED. AIR TAP LINE HAD FATIQUED AND BROKE. CAUSED FUEL SHUTDOWN.