# Incident 19810213011229I: Beech 99, Pittsburgh, PA, February 13, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 13, 1981, 20:00 local time
- Place: Pittsburgh, PA
- Airport: Pittsburgh
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: PCAA
- Location: 40.4914° N, 80.2327° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PITTSBURGH INTL (PIT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4914&lon=-80.2327&mi=10
- Aircraft: N142CA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 99
- People aboard: 14
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,395 total, 955 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810213011229I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

THE LEFT ENGINE BEGAN EMITTING A CONSTANT STREAM OF SPARKS FROM EXHAUST CAUSED BY MIXING AVGAS WITH JET FUEL.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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