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Incident

FAA incident report · Beech B90 · Ainsworth, NE · February 9, 1995

Date
February 9, 1995 · 10:45 local
Place
Ainsworth, NE
Airport
Ainsworth Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
ABOA
Aircraft
N551SS
Reported as
Beech B90
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A20A
People aboard
5
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: on Thursday, February 9, 1995, N551SS, a BE-90-B90, on an air ambulance flight from rochester, Minnesota to hayden, Colorado experienced the loss of the number one engine torque followed by an increase in engine temperature and engine vibration. An emergency was declared through denver ARTCC and an uneventful descent and landing was made at Ainsworth, Nebraska. Initial maintenance investigation revealed a failure of the gas turbine section of the number one engine. The number one engine was removed and replaced and the aircraft returned to service. Engine teardown analysis is to be conducted and submitted with an SDR to AGL-FSDO-15. This incident is closed with this report.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1995, N551SS, A BE-90-B90, ON AN AIR AMBULANCE FLIGHT FROM ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA TO HAYDEN, COLORADO EXPERIENCED THE LOSS OF THE NUMBER ONE ENGINE TORQUE FOLLOWED BY AN INCREASE IN ENGINE TEMPERATURE AND ENGINE VIBRATION. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED THROUGH DENVER ARTCC AND AN UNEVENTFUL DESCENT AND LANDING WAS MADE AT AINSWORTH, NEBRASKA. INITIAL MAINTENANCE INVESTIGATION REVEALED A FAILURE OF THE GAS TURBINE SECTION OF THE NUMBER ONE ENGINE. THE NUMBER ONE ENGINE WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. ENGINE TEARDOWN ANALYSIS IS TO BE CONDUCTED AND SUBMITTED WITH AN SDR TO AGL-FSDO-15. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.