# Incident 19880825049309I: Cessna S550, Nashville, TN, August 25, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 1988, 10:45 local time
- Place: Nashville, TN
- Airport: Nashville Metropolitan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1659° N, 86.7844° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Nashville, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1659&lon=-86.7844&mi=10
- Aircraft: N185SF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N185SF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185F (registry code 2072821, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA S550
- Reported engine: PWA JT15D4
- People aboard: 8
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,078 total, 1,038 in this make and model, 126 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880825049309I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE SPOOLED DOWN IN FLIGHT. INITIATED SHUTDOWN AND PROCEEDED TO NASHVILLE AIRPORT. FOUND BROKEN TURBINE BLADES.

## Other reports on N185SF (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20060910025759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060910025759I), Sep 10, 2006: Cessna A185F (N185SF), Wasco, CA, Minor damage. (-23) The pilot departed watsonville airport (wvi) earlier on the morning of September 10, 2006 and estimated that he had 2 hours of fuel in the tanks. He flew…
- [Incident 19901130056909I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901130056909I), Nov 30, 1990: Cessna S550 (N185SF), Columbus, GA, Minor damage. Right engine failed on takeoff. Aborted. Engine had a hole from combustion chamber explosion.

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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