FAA incident report · Gulstm GIV · Dallas, TX · August 24, 1989
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.
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Three access panels separated from aircraft on rotation. Maintenance had failed to secure upper pylon panels.
THREE ACCESS PANELS SEPARATED FROM AIRCRAFT ON ROTATION. MAINTENANCE HAD FAILED TO SECURE UPPER PYLON PANELS.