40.4406° N, 79.9959° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Pittsburgh, PA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
March 26, 1990 · 16:00 local
Place
Pittsburgh, PA
Airport
Greater Pittsburgh International
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N80L
Reported as
Gulstm G1159A
People aboard
10
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.
Left alternating current converter failed in flight. Switched to APU power and returned.
As the FAA filed it
LEFT ALTERNATING CURRENT CONVERTER FAILED IN FLIGHT. SWITCHED TO APU POWER AND RETURNED.