19881101064069I

Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 550 · Milwaukee, WI · November 1, 1988

Date
November 1, 1988 · 07:18 local
Place
Milwaukee, WI
Airport
General Mitchell Field
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
ENPA
Aircraft
N85MG
Reported as
Cessna 550
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT15D4
People aboard
6
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,000 total800 in this make and model240 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 fire light on. Secured and fired bottles. Emergency landing. Shorted wire gave false reading.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE FIRE LIGHT ON. SECURED AND FIRED BOTTLES. EMERGENCY LANDING. SHORTED WIRE GAVE FALSE READING.