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Incident

FAA incident report · Beech 1900C · Clarksburg, WV · January 24, 1995

Date: January 24, 1995 · 20:50 local
Place: Clarksburg, WV
Airport: Benedum
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: MASA
Aircraft: N158YV
Reported as: Beech 1900C
People aboard: 12
Fatal injuries: 0

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.

Narrative: at cruise power flying at 10,000 feet enroute to morgantown, WV. The first officer noticed sparks coming from the exhaust stacks on the right engine. The engine was shut down. ATC was notified and asked for vectors to Clarksburg, WV. The aircraft landed without incident. A tear down of the engine revealed that the #1 bearing failed. The bearing is under investigation by the manufacturer and pratt & whitney. This report closes this incident.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AT CRUISE POWER FLYING AT 10,000 FEET ENROUTE TO MORGANTOWN, WV. THE FIRST OFFICER NOTICED SPARKS COMING FROM THE EXHAUST STACKS ON THE RIGHT ENGINE. THE ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN. ATC WAS NOTIFIED AND ASKED FOR VECTORS TO CLARKSBURG, WV. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. A TEAR DOWN OF THE ENGINE REVEALED THAT THE #1 BEARING FAILED. THE BEARING IS UNDER INVESTIGATION BY THE MANUFACTURER AND PRATT & WHITNEY. THIS REPORT CLOSES THIS INCIDENT.