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.
Pilot departed adq for maintenance check flight of manifold pressure system. On the approach back to adq pilot attemtped to advance the throttles. This is when he noticed that the throttle system was malfunctioning. Pilot announced emergency and ask for clearance to land at runway 29. Pilot did not have the range to make that runway and had to land in water approximately 50 feet short of runway 29.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT DEPARTED ADQ FOR MAINTENANCE CHECK FLIGHT OF MANIFOLD PRESSURE SYSTEM. ON THE APPROACH BACK TO ADQ PILOT ATTEMTPED TO ADVANCE THE THROTTLES. THIS IS WHEN HE NOTICED THAT THE THROTTLE SYSTEM WAS MALFUNCTIONING. PILOT ANNOUNCED EMERGENCY AND ASK FOR CLEARANCE TO LAND AT RUNWAY 29. PILOT DID NOT HAVE THE RANGE TO MAKE THAT RUNWAY AND HAD TO LAND IN WATER APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET SHORT OF RUNWAY 29.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.