28.4294° N, 81.3090° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at ORLANDO INTL (MCO), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
October 7, 1988 · 22:30 local
Place
Orlando, FL
Airport
Orlando International
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
DXTA
Aircraft
N98QS
Reported as
Cessna S550
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT15D4
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,600 total1,700 in this make and model230 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.
Plane would not pressurize on climb. Returned.turbo assembly separated from water separator. Duct coupling loose.
As the FAA filed it
PLANE WOULD NOT PRESSURIZE ON CLIMB.RETURNED.TURBO ASSEMBLY SEPARATED FROM WATER SEPARATOR.DUCT COUPLING LOOSE.