# Incident 19890302041749I: Cessna 340A, Ketchikan, AK, March 2, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 2, 1989, 18:03 local time
- Place: Ketchikan, AK
- Airport: Ketchikan International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 55.3541° N, 131.7112° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KETCHIKAN INTL (KTN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=55.3541&lon=-131.7112&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8697K (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340A
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520NB
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890302041749I

## Narrative

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

DIRECTIONAL GYRO PROBLEMS AND RADIO NAVIGATION DURING DESCENT. HAD EXPIRED MEDICAL. FOUND LOOSE RADIO CONNECTOR.

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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