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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 172N · Nashville, TN · May 24, 1988

Date
May 24, 1988 · 08:49 local
Place
Nashville, TN
Airport
Nashville Metropolitan
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N739NT
Reported as
Cessna 172N
Reported engine
Lycoming O320H2AD
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
450 total250 in this make and model20 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 primary vacuum system on takeoff. Veered off course. Went to backup system. Continued to destination.

As the FAA filed it

LOST PRIMARY VACUUM SYSTEM ON TAKEOFF. VEERED OFF COURSE. WENT TO BACKUP SYSTEM. CONTINUED TO DESTINATION.