40.2759° N, 76.8850° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Harrisburg, PA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 29, 1980 · 13:33 local
Place
Harrisburg, PA
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Practice Training Manuevers
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
PCAA
Aircraft
N151CA
Reported as
Beech 99
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A27
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,700 total1,500 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.
During training flight one engine shut down. Unable to restart due to failure of glow plugs.
As the FAA filed it
DURING TRAINING FLIGHT ONE ENGINE SHUT DOWN. UNABLE TO RESTART DUE TO FAILURE OF GLOW PLUGS.