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Incident

FAA incident report · Beech C90 · Elmira, NY · April 12, 1983

Date
April 12, 1983 · 15:10 local
Place
Elmira, NY
Airport
Chemung Co
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N9EN
Reported as
Beech C90
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,000 total2,000 in this make and model150 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.

Explosion and exhaust flames from #1 engine. Shutdown and feathered. Engine scheduled for removal.

As the FAA filed it

EXPLOSION AND EXHAUST FLAMES FROM #1 ENGINE. SHUTDOWN AND FEATHERED. ENGINE SCHEDULED FOR REMOVAL.