# Incident 19891025065849I: Cessna 550, Albany, NY, October 25, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 1989, 16:00 local time
- Place: Albany, NY
- Airport: Albany County
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: CWQA
- Location: 42.7491° N, 73.8020° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALBANY INTL (ALB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7491&lon=-73.8020&mi=10
- Aircraft: N101QS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N101QS-2000-06-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna S550 (registry code 2076607, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-s550) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 550
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891025065849I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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.

- [Incident 19880722045329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880722045329I), Jul 22, 1988: Cessna 550 (N101QS), East Texas, PA. Climbing to FL220,cabin lost pressure and cabin warning lights came on. Descended and diverted minus pressurization

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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