41.5340° N, 93.6631° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at DES MOINES INTL (DSM), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
July 13, 1992 · 06:30 local
Place
Des Moines, IA
Airport
Des Moines International
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
AMWA
Aircraft
N163AM
Reported as
Beech 1900C
People aboard
21
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,000 total1,000 in this make and model250 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.
VHF communications became inoperative after takeoff. Returned. Replaced captains push to talk switch.
As the FAA filed it
VHF COMMUNICATIONS BECAME INOPERATIVE AFTER TAKEOFF. RETURNED. REPLACED CAPTAINS PUSH TO TALK SWITCH.