19891025065849I

Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 550 · Albany, NY · October 25, 1989

Date
October 25, 1989 · 16:00 local
Place
Albany, NY
Airport
Albany County
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
CWQA
Aircraft
N101QS
Reported as
Cessna 550
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0

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.

Pilot misunderstood ATC instructions,thought he was cleared to descend. ATC concluded this was a system error.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT MISUNDERSTOOD ATC INSTRUCTIONS,THOUGHT HE WAS CLEARED TO DESCEND. ATC CONCLUDED THIS WAS A SYSTEM ERROR.

Other reports on N101QS · 1

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