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: pilot was operating N621KE a BE18 on an IFR flt. Plan in instrument conditions in the vicinity of bonhour VOR. Received clearance to descend to 4000 feet. Aircraft experienced two jolts due to severe turbulence and lost the attitude gyro due to tumbling of the gyro. Pilot declared an emergency when the aircraft descended below the clouds pilot was able to resume level flight and was vectored to Love field where a normal landing was made. Altitude loss was 300 feet and heading change was 75 degrees.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: PILOT WAS OPERATING N621KE A BE18 ON AN IFR FLT. PLAN IN INSTRUMENT CONDITIONS IN THE VICINITY OF BONHOUR VOR. RECEIVED CLEARANCE TO DESCEND TO 4000 FEET. AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED TWO JOLTS DUE TO SEVERE TURBULENCE AND LOST THE ATTITUDE GYRO DUE TO TUMBLING OF THE GYRO. PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WHEN THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED BELOW THE CLOUDS PILOT WAS ABLE TO RESUME LEVEL FLIGHT AND WAS VECTORED TO LOVE FIELD WHERE A NORMAL LANDING WAS MADE. ALTITUDE LOSS WAS 300 FEET AND HEADING CHANGE WAS 75 DEGREES.
Other reports on N621KE · 4
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.