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Incident

FAA incident report · Beech 58 · Fresno, CA · June 8, 1989

Date
June 8, 1989 · 12:18 local
Place
Fresno, CA
Airport
Fresno Air Terminal
Phase of flight
Initial Approach-IFR
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N4795M
Reported as
Beech 58
Reported engine
Continental IO520CB
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
20,000 total3,000 in this make and model150 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.

Turbulence on approach. Unable to rotate control wheel. Ailerons locked up. Wrong size screws in control column.

As the FAA filed it

TURBULENCE ON APPROACH. UNABLE TO ROTATE CONTROL WHEEL. AILERONS LOCKED UP. WRONG SIZE SCREWS IN CONTROL COLUMN.