19851223065699I

Incident

FAA incident report · Beech F90 · St Louis, MO · December 23, 1985

Date
December 23, 1985 · 09:00 local
Place
St Louis, MO
Airport
Lambert-St Louis International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N9BX
Reported as
Beech F90
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A135
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,200 total200 in this make and model50 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.

Loud boom and sparks from right engine after level off. Engine shutdown. Severe damage to turbine blades.

As the FAA filed it

LOUD BOOM AND SPARKS FROM RIGHT ENGINE AFTER LEVEL OFF. ENGINE SHUTDOWN. SEVERE DAMAGE TO TURBINE BLADES.