39.0639° N, 108.5506° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Grand Junction, CO, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
May 12, 1981 · 17:03 local
Place
Grand Junction, CO
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N200CU
Reported as
Beech E90
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A28
People aboard
7
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,500 total3,300 in this make and model125 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.
Pilot heard loud bang in right engine in cruise. Found turbine disc part no 3014805 damaged. Engine hrs 4380
As the FAA filed it
PILOT HEARD LOUD BANG IN RIGHT ENGINE IN CRUISE. FOUND TURBINE DISC PART NO 3014805 DAMAGED. ENGINE HRS 4380