44.3106° N, 69.7795° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Augusta, ME, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
February 6, 1980 · 14:00 local
Place
Augusta, ME
Airport
State
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
BHAA
Aircraft
N200WP
Reported as
Beech 99
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A27
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,200 total720 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.
Smoke from engine shortly after takeoff. Found leak in fuel pressure line.
As the FAA filed it
SMOKE FROM ENGINE SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF. FOUND LEAK IN FUEL PRESSURE LINE.