40.8509° N, 96.7591° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at LINCOLN (LNK), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
May 15, 1989 · 09:00 local
Place
Lincoln, NE
Airport
Lincoln Municipal
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N66MS
Reported as
Cessna 551
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,300 total1,320 in this make and model20 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.
Unable to maintain pressurization. Emergency descent. Landed at Lincoln. Door seal was defective.
As the FAA filed it
UNABLE TO MAINTAIN PRESSURIZATION. EMERGENCY DESCENT. LANDED AT LINCOLN. DOOR SEAL WAS DEFECTIVE.