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Incident

FAA incident report · Beech 200BEECH · Van Nuys, CA · August 14, 1998

Date
August 14, 1998 · 09:40 local
Place
Van Nuys, CA
Airport
Van Nuys Airport
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
EIEA
Aircraft
N717HT
Reported as
Beech 200BEECH
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A41
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
37,000 total300 in this make and model30 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.

(-5) Aircraft lost power, left engine on takeoff. Pilot rotated and executed 360 and landed safely. Examination of engine revealed no obvious defects. Sent fuel control unit out for performance check, checked good. Test flew aircraft with two takeoffs and landings, operation normal.

As the FAA filed it

(-5) AIRCRAFT LOST POWER, LEFT ENGINE ON TAKEOFF. PILOT ROTATED AND EXECUTED 360 AND LANDED SAFELY. EXAMINATION OF ENGINE REVEALED NO OBVIOUS DEFECTS. SENT FUEL CONTROL UNIT OUT FOR PERFORMANCE CHECK, CHECKED GOOD. TEST FLEW AIRCRAFT WITH TWO TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS, OPERATION NORMAL.