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Incident

FAA incident report · Gulstm AA-5B · Fresno, CA · August 12, 1989

Date
August 12, 1989 · 09:42 local
Place
Fresno, CA
Airport
Fresno Air Terminal
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N28950
Reported as
Gulstm AA5B
Reported engine
Lycoming O360A4K
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,300 total500 in this make and model14 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.

Lost engine power. Radar vectored to Fresno. Found NR3 cylinder exhaust valve had failed.

As the FAA filed it

LOST ENGINE POWER. RADAR VECTORED TO FRESNO. FOUND NR3 CYLINDER EXHAUST VALVE HAD FAILED.