# Incident 19890324042269I: Stbros SD360, Albany, NY, March 24, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 24, 1989, 12:15 local time
- Place: Albany, NY
- Airport: Albany County
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CAIA
- Location: 42.6993° N, 73.7594° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6993&lon=-73.7594&mi=10
- Aircraft: N163DD (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: STBROS SD360
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A67
- People aboard: 10
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,157 total, 854 in this make and model, 245 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC89IA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC89IA107) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890324042269I

## Narrative

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

BOTH ENGINES QUIT IN FREEZING RAIN. RESTARTED LEFT ENGINE. NO MALFUNCTION FOUND.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC89IA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC89IA107), Mar 24, 1989: Short Brothers SD3-60 (N163DD), Albany, NY, incident, no damage. Probable cause: THE CREW'S FAILURE TO USE FULL ENGINE ANTI-ICE SYSTEMS WHICH RESULTED IN ICE BLOCKING THE ENGINE INLETS.

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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