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Incident

FAA incident report · Beech 200BEECH · Fresno, CA · May 24, 1978

Date
May 24, 1978 · 17:41 local
Place
Fresno, CA
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N274T
Reported as
Beech 200BEECH
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A41
People aboard
6
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,900 total0 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.

Loss of torque followed by loud bang. Engine shut down, reduction gear bearing and turbine failed.

As the FAA filed it

LOSS OF TORQUE FOLLOWED BY LOUD BANG. ENGINE SHUT DOWN, REDUCTION GEAR BEARING AND TURBINE FAILED.

Other reports on N274T · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.