# Incident 19890410051299I: Rkwell NA26580, Springfield, IL, April 10, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 10, 1989, 08:30 local time
- Place: Springfield, IL
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8017° N, 89.6437° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Springfield, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8017&lon=-89.6437&mi=10
- Aircraft: N90N (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: RKWELL NA26580
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 175 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890410051299I

## Narrative

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

OPERATING ON AN AUTOPILOT KNOWN TO BE MALFUNCTIONAL AND DESCENDED TO AN ALTITUDE NOT ASSIGNED BY ATC.

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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