37.0842° N, 94.5133° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Joplin, MO, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 20, 1983 · 07:30 local
Place
Joplin, MO
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Aircraft
N538H
Reported as
Beech E18S
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R985AN14B
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,000 total800 in this make and model200 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.
Right engine vibrated, lost oil pressure. Feathered engine. Normal landing. #6 cylinder head bolts had broken.
As the FAA filed it
RIGHT ENGINE VIBRATED, LOST OIL PRESSURE.FEATHERED ENGINE. NORMAL LANDING. #6 CYLINDER HEAD BOLTS HAD BROKEN.