# Incident 19961126039789I: Beech 1900D, Kansas City, MO, November 26, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 26, 1996, 22:28 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City International
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: AMWA
- Location: 39.2976° N, 94.7139° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KANSAS CITY INTL (MCI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2976&lon=-94.7139&mi=10
- Aircraft: N178YU (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 1900D
- People aboard: 19
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961126039789I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AIR MIDWEST FLIGHT5663 WAS ENROUTE TO DDC, WHEN THE AIRCREW RETURNED THE AIRCRAFT TO MCI. MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED THE LEFT ENGINE TORQUE GAUGE WAS INDICATING LOWER THAN THE RIGHT ENGINE TORQUE GAUGE. MAINTENANCE REINITIALIZED THE INDICATOR BY RESETTING AIRCRAFT POWER, THE AIRCRAFT CHECKED GOOD ON THE MAINTENANCE RUN. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED. CE971ICM0019.

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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