FAA incident report · Rkwell NA26580 · Springfield, IL · April 10, 1989
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.
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Operating on an autopilot known to be malfunctional and descended to an altitude not assigned by ATC.
OPERATING ON AN AUTOPILOT KNOWN TO BE MALFUNCTIONAL AND DESCENDED TO AN ALTITUDE NOT ASSIGNED BY ATC.