19881013062749I

Incident

FAA incident report · Beech E18S · Indianapolis, IN · October 13, 1988

Date
October 13, 1988 · 10:00 local
Place
Indianapolis, IN
Airport
Indianapolis Terry Airport
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
JRAA
Aircraft
N138JR
Reported as
Beech E18S
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R985AN1
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,829 total20 in this make and model315 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.

Engine shut down due to fluctuating RPM and manifold pressure. Landed safely. Internal malfunction of carburetor.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE SHUT DOWN DUE TO FLUCTUATING RPM AND MANIFOLD PRESSURE. LANDED SAFELY. INTERNAL MALFUNCTION OF CARBURETOR.