# Incident 19980708027569I: Cessna 650, Fort Worth, TX, July 8, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 1998, 10:34 local time
- Place: Fort Worth, TX
- Airport: Fort Worth Meacham Airport
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8198° N, 97.3624° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT WORTH MEACHAM INTL (FTW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8198&lon=-97.3624&mi=10
- Aircraft: N74VF (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 650
- Reported engine: GARRTT TFE731*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,500 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980708027569I

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 8, 1998, AT APPROXIMATELY 1034 CDT, A CESSNA CITATION N74VF OWNED BY VERNON E. FAULCONER, INC. MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT FORT WORTH MEACHAM AIRPORT, TEXAS, DURING A FAR PART 91 CORPORATE FLIGHT. A PRECAUTIONARY ENGINE SHUTDOWN WAS CONDUCTED DUE TO A CHIP DETECTOR CAUTION LIGHT ILLUMINATION. AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED AND VMC CONDITIONS EXISTED. NO INJURIES AND NO AIRCRAFT DAMAGE OCCURRED. THE PILOT WAS AN AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT LAFAYETTE, LA ON JULY 8, 1998. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH NO ACITON.

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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