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Incident

FAA incident report · Beech E18S · Atka, AK · May 16, 1989

Date: May 16, 1989 · 15:35 local
Place: Atka, AK
Airport: Atka Airport
Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: QTYA
Aircraft: N900TH
Reported as: Beech E18S
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 12,000 total2,000 in this make and model120 in the last 90 days

N900THRegistration cancelled Jun 29, 2004 · Beech E18SS/N BA-106 · Built 1941 Airframe modelBeech E18S Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 seriesReciprocating

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.

Radio failure on IFR flight. Descended VFR to Atka. Departed IFR without an ATC clearance.

As the FAA filed it

RADIO FAILURE ON IFR FLIGHT. DESCENDED VFR TO ATKA. DEPARTED IFR WITHOUT AN ATC CLEARANCE.

Other reports on N900TH · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Accident 19900115000449ATo Aborted (Fixed Wing) · Anchorage, AKUnable to laterally control aircraft on liftoff aborted and landed gear up on runway. Was over gross by 1351 lbs.Jan 15, 1990 · Substantial damage