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Incident

FAA incident report · Beech E55 · Sheep Mountain, AK · July 8, 1988

Date
July 8, 1988 · 10:45 local
Place
Sheep Mountain, AK
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N7LU
Reported as
Beech E55
Reported engine
Continental IO520C
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,000 total500 in this make and model50 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.

Rapid icing inflight. Requested altitude change. Muscled elevator and ailerons free. Landed to check for damage.

As the FAA filed it

RAPID ICING INFLIGHT. REQUESTED ALTITUDE CHANGE. MUSCLED ELEVATOR AND AILERONS FREE. LANDED TO CHECK FOR DAMAGE.