38.3498° N, 81.6326° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Charleston, WV, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
August 31, 1983 · 10:42 local
Place
Charleston, WV
Airport
Charleston
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N556JS
Reported as
Beech 200BEECH
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A41
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
11,500 total300 in this make and model300 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.
Unable to reduce power for landing cut power with condition lever loose breather duct clamp jammed the mixing rod.
As the FAA filed it
UNABLE TO REDUCE POWER FOR LANDING CUT POWER WITH CONDITION LEVER LOOSE BREATHER DUCT CLAMP JAMMED THE MIXING ROD.