19940424016129I

Incident

FAA incident report · Gulstm AA-5B · Altoona, PA · April 24, 1994

Date
April 24, 1994 · 09:42 local
Place
Altoona, PA
Airport
Altoona-Blair County
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N74451
Reported as
Gulstm AA5B
Reported engine
Lycoming O360A4K
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
286 total196 in this make and model41 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.

Engine losing power in flight. Precautionary landing at Altoona. Found muffler had failed.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE LOSING POWER IN FLIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY LANDING AT ALTOONA. FOUND MUFFLER HAD FAILED.