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Incident

FAA incident report · Beech 99 · Burlington, VT · March 31, 1985

Date
March 31, 1985 · 20:08 local
Place
Burlington, VT
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
MLSA
Aircraft
N851SA
Reported as
Beech 99
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A20
People aboard
6
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,700 total1,000 in this make and model285 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.

At cruise en route loud noise noted and sparks from exhaust. Engine shutdown. Compressor wheel threw a blade.

As the FAA filed it

AT CRUISE EN ROUTE LOUD NOISE NOTED AND SPARKS FROM EXHAUST. ENGINE SHUTDOWN. COMPRESSOR WHEEL THREW A BLADE.

Other reports on N851SA · 8

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.