# Accident 19980819037719A: Beech 1900D, Denver, CO, August 19, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 1998
- Place: Denver, CO
- Airport: Denver International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: GLBA
- Location: 39.8617° N, 104.6732° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DENVER INTL (DEN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8617&lon=-104.6732&mi=10
- Aircraft: N251ZV (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 1900D
- People aboard: 15
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980819037719A

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON AUGUST 19, 1998, AT 1715 MDT A BEECH 1900D, N251ZV, OPERATED BY GREAT LAKES AVIATION LTD, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN THE EROSION SHIELD SEPARATED FROM ON OF THE LEFT PROPELLER BLADES AND PUNCTURED THE PRESSURE VESSEL DURING TAKEOFF CLIMB AT DENVER, COLORADO. AT APPROX. 500 FEET AGL, THE CREW HEARD A LOUD "BANG", AND A SLIGHT VIBRATION FROM THE LEFT ENGINE.  THEY ELECTED TO RETURN TO DIA, AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.  POST ACCIDENT EXAMINATION REVEALED THE ENTIRE EROSION SHIELD FROM A BLADE AN THE LEFT ENGINE WAS MISSING AND HAD PUNCTURED A BIG HOLE IN THE FUSELAGE AND HAD ENTERED  THE PASSENGER CABIN, MISSING ALL BUT ONE PASSENGER.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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