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Incident

FAA incident report · Gulstm GIV · New Orleans, LA · January 31, 1995

Date: January 31, 1995 · 16:00 local
Place: New Orleans, LA
Airport: Lakefront Airport
Phase of flight: Descent
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N71RP
Reported as: Gulstm GIV
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 12,000 total5,000 in this make and model180 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.

Narrative: while descending into Lakefront Airport, the aircraft encountered abrupt and sudden clear air turbulence. Beginning at flight level 26.5 and continuing to flight level 24.1, intensity was severe-to-extreme. During descent, the flight management system displayed winds aloft, and wind direction and velocity of 250 degrees at 120 knots at flight level 27, changing to 258 degrees at 25 knots at flight level 24. No adverse flight characteristics were noted after the aircraft exited the turbulence.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: WHILE DESCENDING INTO LAKEFRONT AIRPORT, THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED ABRUPT AND SUDDEN CLEAR AIR TURBULENCE. BEGINNING AT FLIGHT LEVEL 26.5 AND CONTINUING TO FLIGHT LEVEL 24.1, INTENSITY WAS SEVERE-TO-EXTREME. DURING DESCENT, THE FLIGHT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM DISPLAYED WINDS ALOFT, AND WIND DIRECTION AND VELOCITY OF 250 DEGREES AT 120 KNOTS AT FLIGHT LEVEL 27, CHANGING TO 258 DEGREES AT 25 KNOTS AT FLIGHT LEVEL 24. NO ADVERSE FLIGHT CHARACTERISTICS WERE NOTED AFTER THE AIRCRAFT EXITED THE TURBULENCE.