36.1659° N, 86.7844° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Nashville, TN, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
July 10, 1985 · 15:35 local
Place
Nashville, TN
Airport
Metro
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9027R
Reported as
Beech C90
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A20A
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
9,974 total3,500 in this make and model109 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.
Explosive sound from engine and fire from exhaust stack. Engine shutdown and landed. Blade in compressor failed.
As the FAA filed it
EXPLOSIVE SOUND FROM ENGINE AND FIRE FROM EXHAUST STACK. ENGINE SHUTDOWN AND LANDED. BLADE IN COMPRESSOR FAILED.