# Incident 19970116005549I: Beech 99, Great Falls, MT, January 16, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 16, 1997, 20:45 local time
- Place: Great Falls, MT
- Airport: Great Falls International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: TIMA
- Location: 47.4823° N, 111.3703° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GREAT FALLS INTL (GTF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4823&lon=-111.3703&mi=10
- Aircraft: N950AA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N950AA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B-99 (registry code 1154004, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b-99) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 99
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970116005549I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JANUARY 16, 1997, A BEECH 99, OWNED AND OPERATED BY ALPINE AIR OF PROVO, UTAH, HAD DEPARTED BILLINGS, MONTANA, AND WAS OPERATING AT 9500 FEET IN LEVEL FLIGHT WHEN PILOT'S ACCESS DOOR DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT GREAT FALLS, MONTANA, WITHOUT INCIDENT. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED BY THE CREW, AND NO DAMAGAE OCCURED TO PERSONS OR PROPERTY ON THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT HAD NO MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION AND HAD ONLY MINOR DAMAGE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ NO ACTUAL MAINTENANCE ON THIS SYSTEM IS REQUIRED BY BEECH'S MAINTENANCE PROGRAM OR THE OPERATORS AAIP SAFETY RECOMMENDATION PENDING. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N950AA (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20070512020449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070512020449A), May 12, 2007: Beech B99 (N950AA), Billings, MT, Substantial damage. (-23) The aircraft, a Beech 99, registered to alpine air, departed Billings Logan International Airport (bil) in Billings, Montana, at approximately 1 am…
- [Incident 19950728020299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950728020299I), Jul 28, 1995: Beech B99 (N950AA), Scottsbluff, NE, Minor damage. Left main gear collapsed on taxi to ramp. Downlock spring guide rod broken. Gear over center lock freed. Gear folded
- [Incident 19941115044869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941115044869I), Nov 15, 1994: Beech B99 (N950AA), Kalispell, MT, Substantial damage. Unable extend landing gear. Landed gear up. Teflon hydraulic line to nose gear ruptured.

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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