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Incident

FAA incident report · EMB EMB120 · Greensboro, NC · January 4, 1992

Date
January 4, 1992 · 13:14 local
Place
Greensboro, NC
Airport
Piedmont Triad International Airport
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
ASOA
Aircraft
N238AS
Reported as
EMB EMB120
People aboard
13
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
14,000 total

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 set altimeter incorrectly on descent. Came within 200 feet vertically and 3NM laterally to another aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT SET ALTIMETER INCORRECTLY ON DESCENT. CAME WITHIN 200 FEET VERTICALLY AND 3NM LATERALLY TO ANOTHER AIRCRAFT.