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Incident

FAA incident report · Bag JETSTREAM200 · Monterey, CA · July 25, 1988

Date
July 25, 1988 · 14:37 local
Place
Monterey, CA
Airport
Monterey Peninsula
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
USAA
Aircraft
N187US
Reported as
Bag JETSTREAM200
People aboard
38
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
10,000 total1,200 in this make and model180 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.

Auto pilot did not capture altitude and aircraft descended below assigned altitude. Replaced altimeter.

As the FAA filed it

AUTO PILOT DID NOT CAPTURE ALTITUDE AND AIRCRAFT DESCENDED BELOW ASSIGNED ALTITUDE. REPLACED ALTIMETER.