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Incident

FAA incident report · Beech 95B55 · Traverse City, MI · June 13, 1989

Date
June 13, 1989 · 19:15 local
Place
Traverse City, MI
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N8797R
Reported as
Beech 95B55
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,000 total1,300 in this make and model52 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.

Aircraft observed on radar to be at wrong altitude. Found malfunctioning power supply which affected transponder.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT OBSERVED ON RADAR TO BE AT WRONG ALTITUDE. FOUND MALFUNCTIONING POWER SUPPLY WHICH AFFECTED TRANSPONDER.