37.9748° N, 87.5558° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Evansville, IN, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
September 7, 1984 · 14:10 local
Place
Evansville, IN
Airport
Dress Regional
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
AKYA
Aircraft
N36AK
Reported as
Beech 99
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A28
People aboard
8
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,000 total2,500 in this make and model270 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.
Gear in transit light stayed on after retraction. Smoke in cockpit. Returned. Landing gear motor had burned out.
As the FAA filed it
GEAR IN TRANSIT LIGHT STAYED ON AFTER RETRACTION. SMOKE IN COCKPIT. RETURNED. LANDING GEAR MOTOR HAD BURNED OUT.