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Incident

FAA incident report · Beech C99 · Pittsburgh, PA · September 28, 1983

Date
September 28, 1983 · 13:45 local
Place
Pittsburgh, PA
Airport
Greater Pittsburg
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
CASA
Aircraft
N1075X
Reported as
Beech C99
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,800 total660 in this make and model350 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.

Noticed fuel odors in cabin. Returned to airport. Found inboard fuel cell leaking at the upper forward seam.

As the FAA filed it

NOTICED FUEL ODORS IN CABIN. RETURNED TO AIRPORT. FOUND INBOARD FUEL CELL LEAKING AT THE UPPER FORWARD SEAM.