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Incident

FAA incident report · Gulstm 695 · Ketchikan, AK · August 26, 2002

Date
August 26, 2002 · 10:40 local
Place
Ketchikan, AK
Airport
Ketchikan International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N980GR
Reported as
Gulstm 695
Reported engine
Garrett TPE33110
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,200 total3,000 in this make and model100 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.

(-23) 21A. While in cruise flight at 29,000' on an IFR flight plan from wrangell, AK. To salt lake city, UT., the number two engine began to vibrate heavily. The PIC alerted ATC and was diverted to Ketchikan, AK. (Ktn). The engine was secured and landing was made in ktn without further incident. (Note: local tracking number privacy data omitted)

As the FAA filed it

(-23) 21A. WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT AT 29,000' ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN FROM WRANGELL, AK. TO SALT LAKE CITY, UT., THE NUMBER TWO ENGINE BEGAN TO VIBRATE HEAVILY. THE PIC ALERTED ATC AND WAS DIVERTED TO KETCHIKAN, AK. (KTN). THE ENGINE WAS SECURED AND LANDING WAS MADE IN KTN WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. (NOTE: LOCAL TRACKING NUMBER ^PRIVACY DATA^)