19810512033069I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Beech E90 · Grand Junction, CO · May 12, 1981

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