19881112063559I

Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna S550 · Sarasota - Brad, FL · November 12, 1988

Date
November 12, 1988 · 15:25 local
Place
Sarasota - Brad, FL
Airport
Sarasota-Bradenton
Phase of flight
Final Approach-IFR
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
DXTA
Aircraft
N151QS
Reported as
Cessna S550
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT15D4
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,000 total1,600 in this make and model180 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.

Unsafe gear light. Diverted. Landed safely. Left main gear down lock switch had failed.

As the FAA filed it

UNSAFE GEAR LIGHT. DIVERTED. LANDED SAFELY. LEFT MAIN GEAR DOWN LOCK SWITCH HAD FAILED.