# Incident 19980101003609I: Beech B100, Tyler, TX, January 1, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 1, 1998, 10:07 local time
- Place: Tyler, TX
- Airport: Tyler Pounds Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.3535° N, 95.4030° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TYLER POUNDS RGNL (TYR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3535&lon=-95.4030&mi=10
- Aircraft: N66804, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N66804-2022-04-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B100 (registry code 1152919, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b100) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331-6-251M (registry code 01521, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-6-251m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B100
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 18,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980101003609I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT STATED THAT DURING TAKE-OFF ROLL AT ABOUT 800 KNOTS, THE LEFT ENGINE MADE A POOF SOUND. TAKE-OFF WAS TERMINATED AND ENGINE SECURED. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE ENGINE PLENUM CHAMBER HAD FAILED WHICH RESULTED IN MINOR FIRE WITHIN THE LEFT ENGINE NACELLE. ENGINE PLENUM WAS SENT TO MANUFACTURER FOR DETAILED METAL ANALYSIS AS TO REASON FOR FAILURE. MALFUNCTION AND DEFECT REPORT TO BE SUBMITTED AFTER FAILURE ANALYSIS ON PLENUM BY ALLIED SIGNAL.

## Other reports on N66804 (1)

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

- [Accident 20160921020569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160921020569A), Sep 21, 2016: Beech B100 (N66804), Jackson, TN, Substantial damage. On September 21, 2016 aircraft N66804 a Beech king air (B-100) piloted by[privacy data omitted] left memphis international airport (kmem) at approx. 1600 local…

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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