19891225063129I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 1900 · Boston, MA · December 25, 1989

Date
December 25, 1989 · 19:08 local
Place
Boston, MA
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
BHAA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N306BH
Reported as
Beech 1900
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A65B
People aboard
9
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,400 total2,500 in this make and model220 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.

Left engine quit on departure. Returned. Gas generator section failed and blades punctured exhaust stacks.

As the FAA filed it

LEFT ENGINE QUIT ON DEPARTURE. RETURNED. GAS GENERATOR SECTION FAILED AND BLADES PUNCTURED EXHAUST STACKS.