# Incident 19950106005829I: Israel 1121B, New Orleans, LA, January 6, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 6, 1995, 12:35 local time
- Place: New Orleans, LA
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.9546° N, 90.0751° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Orleans, LA, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9546&lon=-90.0751&mi=10
- Aircraft: N122ST, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N122ST-2017-02-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander 1121B (registry code 0142010, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-1121b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CJ610-5&6 (registry code 30013, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cj610-5-6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ISRAEL 1121B
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 24,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950106005829I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: THE AIRCRAFT WAS LEVEL AT FL350 ENCOUNTERING LIGHT ICING AND OCCASIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE TURBULENCE. REQUESTED AND WAS CLEARED TO FL390. AFTER LEVEL-OFF, THE CREW NOTICED AIRSPEED SLOWLY INCREASE FROM MACH .63 TO .70 AND POWER WAS REDUCED AND AIRSPEED CONTINUED TO INCREASE TO MACH .74 AND POWER WAS FURTHER REDUCED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS STILL ENCOUNTERING LIGHT TO MODERATE TURBULENCE. THE COPILOT NOTICED DISCREPANCY BETWEEN THE LEFT AND RIGHT AIRSPEED INDICATORS. AS THE DISCREPANCY WAS BEING DISCUSSED, BOTH ENGINES LOST POWER AND AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. AS THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE LEFT ENGINE HAD APPROXIMATELY 10 PERCENT. THE RIGHT ENGINE WAS RESTARTED AT APPROXIMATELY 16,000 FEET MEAN SEA LEVEL AND THE LEFT ENGINE WAS BROUGHT UP TO OPERATING POWER. A DIVERSION WAS SUCCESSFULLY MADE TO NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA. IT WAS LATER DETERMINED THAT RESIDUE FOUND IN THE PILOT'S PITOT SYSTEM MAY HAVE CAUSED THE INACCURATE AIRSPEED INDICATION. THE SLOW ACTUAL SPEED COMBINED WITH THE TURBULENCE MAY HAVE CAUSED INTERRUPTED AIRFLOW TO THE ENGINES, CAUSING THE LOSS OF POWER.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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