42.4439° N, 76.5031° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Ithaca, NY, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
September 20, 1986 · 11:30 local
Place
Ithaca, NY
Airport
Tompkins County
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
BJYA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N781JT
Reported as
Beech 65A90
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A20
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,400 total200 in this make and model120 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.
Aircraft returned after engine failure. Found turbine damage.
As the FAA filed it
AIRCRAFT RETURNED AFTER ENGINE FAILURE. FOUND TURBINE DAMAGE.