# Incident 19910516028509I: Beech C99, New Orleans, LA, May 16, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 1991, 18:30 local time
- Place: New Orleans, LA
- Airport: New Orleans International-Moisant Fld
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: LXIA
- Location: 29.9546° N, 90.0751° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Orleans, LA, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9546&lon=-90.0751&mi=10
- Aircraft: N96AV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N96AV) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C-99 (registry code 1154006, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c-99) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C99
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A36
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 18,358 total, 1,108 in this make and model, 140 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910516028509I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

LEFT ENGINE CHIP LIGHT ON CLIMBOUT. SHUT DOWN AND RETURNED. FOUND SMALL METAL SLIVER ACROSS SENSOR.

## Other reports on N96AV (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19841001058459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841001058459I), Oct 1, 1984: Beech 99 (N96AV), Grapevine, TX. Tower cleared flight to land 17R. Noted aal flight for same runway. Corrected clearance to 17L then to runway 13.
- [Incident 19831006072149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831006072149I), Oct 6, 1983: Beech C99 (N96AV), Burlington, VT, Minor damage. Left main gear began to collapse on landing. Went around. Unable to correct. Drag leg separated from structure.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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