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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech E18S · St Louis, MO · February 5, 1981

Date: February 5, 1981 · 11:30 local
Place: St Louis, MO
Airport: Lambert
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: SEMA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N149AA
Reported as: Beech E18S
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney R985*
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,400 total70 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N149AARegistration cancelled Mar 21, 1989 · Beech E18SS/N BA406 Airframe modelBeech E18S

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.

After takeoff engine had severe oil leak. Returned and found hole in piston that caused crankcase pressure.

As the FAA filed it

AFTER TAKEOFF ENGINE HAD SEVERE OIL LEAK. RETURNED AND FOUND HOLE IN PISTON THAT CAUSED CRANKCASE PRESSURE.

Other reports on N149AA · 3

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

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