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Incident

FAA incident report · Gulstm AA-1C · Richmond, VA · April 22, 1990

Date
April 22, 1990 · 22:08 local
Place
Richmond, VA
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N9523U
Reported as
Gulstm AA1C
Reported engine
Lycoming O235L2C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
820 total700 in this make and model30 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 power on approach. Landed on highway. Throttle cable disconnected from carburetor arm pinion.

As the FAA filed it

LOST POWER ON APPROACH. LANDED ON HIGHWAY. THROTTLE CABLE DISCONNECTED FROM CARBURETOR ARM PINION.