19780406008189I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Beech 100BEECH · Pittsburgh, PA · April 6, 1978

Date
April 6, 1978 · 09:00 local
Place
Pittsburgh, PA
Airport
Allegheny Co
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N92D
Reported as
Beech 100BEECH
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
13,000 total2,000 in this make and model0 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.

Engine shut down after loud bang. Turbine containment ring came loose and damaged turbine blades.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE SHUT DOWN AFTER LOUD BANG. TURBINE CONTAINMENT RING CAME LOOSE AND DAMAGED TURBINE BLADES.