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Incident

FAA incident report · Beech 1900C · Anchorage, AK · September 10, 1995

Date: September 10, 1995 · 07:30 local
Place: Anchorage, AK
Airport: Anchorage International
Phase of flight: Climb
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: HERA
Aircraft: N80532
Reported as: Beech 1900C
People aboard: 17
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 12,000 total1,700 in this make and model250 in the last 90 days

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 September 10, 1995 at about 07:30 ast a Beechcraft BE-1900, N80552, registered to markair express and piloted by ron lund was involved in a takeoff incident at Anchorage International Airport. According to the pilot, on takeoff climb out of Anchorage International Airport, he experienced what he first perceived as an engine-out, but soon realized that the engine was still running but the propeller had gone into feather. Pilot returned to Anchorage International Airport without further incident. Neither of the pilots nor the fifteen passengers sustained injury. The beta valve was discovered loose and improperly rigged.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON SEPTEMBER 10, 1995 AT ABOUT 07:30 AST A BEECHCRAFT BE-1900, N80552, REGISTERED TO MARKAIR EXPRESS AND PILOTED BY RON LUND WAS INVOLVED IN A TAKEOFF INCIDENT AT ANCHORAGE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, ON TAKEOFF CLIMB OUT OF ANCHORAGE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, HE EXPERIENCED WHAT HE FIRST PERCEIVED AS AN ENGINE-OUT, BUT SOON REALIZED THAT THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING BUT THE PROPELLER HAD GONE INTO FEATHER. PILOT RETURNED TO ANCHORAGE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. NEITHER OF THE PILOTS NOR THE FIFTEEN PASSENGERS SUSTAINED INJURY. THE BETA VALVE WAS DISCOVERED LOOSE AND IMPROPERLY RIGGED.