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Incident

FAA incident report · Beech 1900C · Kansas City, MO · July 31, 1996

Date: July 31, 1996 · 14:45 local
Place: Kansas City, MO
Airport: Kansas City International
Phase of flight: Climb
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: AMWA
Aircraft: N160AM
Reported as: Beech 1900C
People aboard: 16
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: air midwest flight 5715 departed Kansas City int'l (mci) at 1445 enroute to manhattan, Kansas. The flight returned shortly after takeoff due to a bleed fail light illuminated and suspected bleed air leak. The Beech 1900 made an uneventful landing at 1449 local time on July 31, 1996, with 16 souls on board. The light illuminated due to a loose bleed air (eva) sense line on the number one engine bleed valve. Maintenance tightened the eva line fitting and leak checked the valve. The bleed valve operation checked good and the aircraft returned to service. No damage was evident and the flight continued as scheduled with a minor delay.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AIR MIDWEST FLIGHT 5715 DEPARTED KANSAS CITY INT'L (MCI) AT 1445 ENROUTE TO MANHATTAN, KANSAS. THE FLIGHT RETURNED SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF DUE TO A BLEED FAIL LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND SUSPECTED BLEED AIR LEAK. THE BEECH 1900 MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING AT 1449 LOCAL TIME ON JULY 31, 1996, WITH 16 SOULS ON BOARD. THE LIGHT ILLUMINATED DUE TO A LOOSE BLEED AIR (EVA) SENSE LINE ON THE NUMBER ONE ENGINE BLEED VALVE. MAINTENANCE TIGHTENED THE EVA LINE FITTING AND LEAK CHECKED THE VALVE. THE BLEED VALVE OPERATION CHECKED GOOD AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. NO DAMAGE WAS EVIDENT AND THE FLIGHT CONTINUED AS SCHEDULED WITH A MINOR DELAY.