# Incident 19881201065139I: Cessna 501, Phoenix, AZ, December 1, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 1, 1988, 09:24 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Phoenix Sky Harbor International
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4343° N, 112.0116° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PHOENIX SKY HARBOR INTL (PHX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4343&lon=-112.0116&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40FJ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 501
- Reported engine: PWA JT15D1
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total, 400 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881201065139I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

DURING CLIMB THE ADF FAILED AND DOOR OPEN LIGHT ILLUMINATED. RETURNED AND LANDED SAFELY.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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