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Incident

FAA incident report · Beech C90A · Sacramento, CA · May 16, 1990

Date
May 16, 1990 · 12:00 local
Place
Sacramento, CA
Airport
Sacramento Executive Airport
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N482JA
Reported as
Beech C90A
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A21
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,980 total250 in this make and model125 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.

On flight test instructor used propeller to simulate engine failure. May have over torqued gear boxes and engine.

As the FAA filed it

ON FLIGHT TEST INSTRUCTOR USED PROPELLER TO SIMULATE ENGINE FAILURE. MAY HAVE OVER TORQUED GEAR BOXES AND ENGINE.