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Incident

FAA incident report · Gulstm AA-5B · Manchester, NH · May 9, 1989

Date
May 9, 1989 · 14:44 local
Place
Manchester, NH
Airport
Manchester Airport-Grenier Indus
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N1520
Reported as
Gulstm AA5B
Reported engine
Lycoming O360A4K
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
650 total40 in this make and model15 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.

Engine vibration and smoke from cowl. Precautionary landing. Found 2 cylinder heads had cracks.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE VIBRATION AND SMOKE FROM COWL. PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. FOUND 2 CYLINDER HEADS HAD CRACKS.