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Incident

FAA incident report · Gulstm 680FL · Salina, KS · August 26, 1988

Date
August 26, 1988 · 19:43 local
Place
Salina, KS
Airport
Salina Municipal
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
ZJWA
Aircraft
N681CA
Reported as
Gulstm 680FL
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,175 total220 in this make and model140 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.

Transponder showed aircraft was above assigned altitude. Pilot said unaware. Error caused by electronic malfunction

As the FAA filed it

TRANSPONDER SHOWED AIRCRAFT WAS ABOVE ASSIGNED ALTITUDE. PILOT SAID UNAWARE. ERROR CAUSED BY ELECTRONIC MALFUNCTION