# Incident 19950110001649I: Beech E90, Middletown, PA, January 10, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 10, 1995, 18:28 local time
- Place: Middletown, PA
- Airport: Harrisburg International Airport-Olmsted
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2009° N, 76.7292° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Middletown, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2009&lon=-76.7292&mi=10
- Aircraft: N232CL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E90
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A28
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,590 total, 1,605 in this make and model, 128 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950110001649I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED HARRISBURG, PA ON AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT TO (2G6) PORT MEADVILLE AIRPORT. UPON REACHING 7000' APPROXIMATELY 15NM NW OF HARRISBURG, THE PILOT IN COMMAND NOTICED SPARKS AND SMOKE COMING FROM THE #1 ENGINE AIR INLET. A PRECAUTIONARY SHUTDOWN WAS MADE TO THE #1 ENGINE AND ATC WAS CONTACTED FOR A RETURN TO MDT. A NONEVENTFULL EMERGENCY LANDING WAS MADE AT MDT. SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION BY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL REVEALED THAT THE #1 ENGINE INLET BOOT HAD SHORTED/OVERHEATED RESULTING IN FAILURE OF THE BOOT AND MINOR LOCAL DAMAGE TO UNDERLYING AREA ON LOWER FRONT COWLING. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL AT MDT REPAIRED THE DAMAGE AND RETURNED THE AIRCRAFT TO SERVICE. SUBMISSION OF THIS REPORT CLOSES THIS INCIDENT.

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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