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Incident

FAA incident report · Beech B99 · Little Rock, AR · December 11, 1981

Date
December 11, 1981 · 18:45 local
Place
Little Rock, AR
Airport
Little Rock
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
SKIA
Aircraft
N8099R
Reported as
Beech B99
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A27
People aboard
9
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,950 total1,000 in this make and model250 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.

Za oil pressure light on. Left torque dropping. Made precautionary landing. Left engine oil cap not secured.

As the FAA filed it

ZA OIL PRESSURE LIGHT ON. LEFT TORQUE DROPPING. MADE PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. LEFT ENGINE OIL CAP NOT SECURED.