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Incident

FAA incident report · Beech 99A · Portland, ME · February 25, 1990

Date
February 25, 1990 · 19:18 local
Place
Portland, ME
Airport
Portland International Jetport
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
VFSA
Aircraft
N805BA
Reported as
Beech 99A
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A27
People aboard
16
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,600 total1,000 in this make and model250 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.

Engine surge en route. Secured and landed. Fuel quantity gauge and probe had malfunctioned.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE SURGE EN ROUTE. SECURED AND LANDED. FUEL QUANTITY GAUGE AND PROBE HAD MALFUNCTIONED.