# Incident 19950217004809I: Beech B100, Mammoth Lakes, CA, February 17, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 17, 1995, 17:30 local time
- Place: Mammoth Lakes, CA
- Airport: Mammoth - June Lakes
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6244° N, 118.9884° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mammoth Lakes, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6244&lon=-118.9884&mi=10
- Aircraft: N116AC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B100
- Reported engine: GARRTT TPE331*
- People aboard: 8
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 430 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950217004809I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT ENTERED RIGHT DOWNWIND MMH FOR LANDING RUNWAY 27. TURNED BASE, A PIPER CHEYENNE TURNED INSIDE ON FINAL APPROACH. PILOT ELECTED TO GO AROUND. ON THE SECOND APPROACH, ONLY TWO GREEN LIGHTS SHOWED ON THE LANDING GEAR, PILOT STARTED MISSED APPROACH PROCEDURES. ON POWER UP A LOUD "BANG" WAS AUDIBLE FROM THE RIGHT ENGINE AREA. PILOT IMMEDIATELY LANDED. 3 GREEN LIGHTS SHOWED ON ROLL OUT. A SMALL FIRE WAS VISIBLE THROUGH A LARGE HOLE IN THE RIGHT INBOARD UPPER ENGINE COWLING. THE FIRE WAS OUT WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS PARKED. DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT ENGINE WAS SUBSTANTIAL. THE HOLE IN THE COWLING WAS FROM TURBINE BLADES AND SHAFT. THE EXHAUST PIPE WAS FULL OF ENGINE PIECES AND THERE ARE 4 PUNCTURES IN THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE BY THE CO-PILOTS SEAT AREA. NO FURTHER FIRE OR AIRCRAFT DAMAGE AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE ENGINE ASSEMBLY IS TO BE DISASSEMBLED AND INSPECTED BY ALLIED SIGNAL, GARETT, OF PHOENIX, AZ AND WE WILL REQUEST AN FAA INSPECTOR FROM THE SCOTTS DALE FSDO OBSERVE THE TEARDOWN. REPORT AND M/D TO FOLLOW.

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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