19881120063569I

Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 208B · Rapid City, SD · November 20, 1988

Date
November 20, 1988 · 19:28 local
Place
Rapid City, SD
Airport
Rapid City Regional
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
HSYA
Aircraft
N936FE
Reported as
Cessna 208B
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A114
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,600 total235 in this make and model90 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.

Unable to reduce power during descent. Feathered engine. Landed without incident. Fuel control unit malfunctioned.

As the FAA filed it

UNABLE TO REDUCE POWER DURING DESCENT. FEATHERED ENGINE. LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. FUEL CONTROL UNIT MALFUNCTIONED.