# Incident 19851213073719I: Beech 99, Champaign Urban, IL, December 13, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 13, 1985, 10:41 local time
- Place: Champaign Urban, IL
- Airport: University Of Illinois Willar
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BRIA
- Aircraft: N315VA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N315VA-1989-02-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 99 (registry code 1154002, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-99) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 99
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A20
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,210 total, 5,449 in this make and model, 278 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851213073719I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

DIVERTED AFTER CLIMB AND WHEN POWER LEVER TO RIGHT ENGINE FROZE, APPLIED HEAT TO CONTROL CABLE THAWING CABLE.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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