19881217068209I

Incident

FAA incident report · Cvac 440 · Santa Rosalia, Mexico · December 17, 1988

Date
December 17, 1988 · 11:00 local
Place
Santa Rosalia, Mexico
Airport
Santa Rosalia
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
SPAA
Aircraft
N73157
Reported as
Cvac 440
Reported engine
Allison 501D13
People aboard
6
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
13,300 total4,300 in this make and model131 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.

Severe vibration in cruise. Difficulty in controlling roll. Emergency landing. Loose trim tab in left aileron.

As the FAA filed it

SEVERE VIBRATION IN CRUISE. DIFFICULTY IN CONTROLLING ROLL. EMERGENCY LANDING. LOOSE TRIM TAB IN LEFT AILERON.