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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna S550 · Richmond, VA · April 27, 1990

Date
April 27, 1990 · 16:44 local
Place
Richmond, VA
Airport
Richmond International - Byrd Field
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N2000X
Reported as
Cessna S550
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT15D4
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
9,023 total2,200 in this make and model125 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.

Left engine failed. Emergency landing. Possible high turbine blade shift and failure downstream.

As the FAA filed it

LEFT ENGINE FAILED. EMERGENCY LANDING. POSSIBLE HIGH TURBINE BLADE SHIFT AND FAILURE DOWNSTREAM.