# Incident 19990219016349I: Beech 200BEECH, Springfield, IL, February 19, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 19, 1999, 08:15 local time
- Place: Springfield, IL
- Airport: Capital Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: LX5A
- Location: 39.8017° N, 89.6437° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Springfield, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8017&lon=-89.6437&mi=10
- Aircraft: N981LL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N981LL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Raytheon B300 (registry code 7150007, https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-b300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 200BEECH
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A41
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,000 total, 2,591 in this make and model, 121 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990219016349I

## Narrative

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

(-5)N981LL, A BEECH BE-200 SUPER KING AIR, DEPARTED CAPITAL AIRPORT, SPRINGFIELD, IL, ENROUTE TO CHICAGO MEIGS FIELD. TWENTY MILES NORTH OF CAPITAL AIRPORT THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND SHUT DOWN THE NUMBER TWO (RIGHT) ENGINE DUE TO ERRATIC TORQUE INDICATIONS AND LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE.  THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO CAPITAL AIRPORT.  NO INJURIES TO THE FOUR PASSENGERS OR TWO CREWMEMBERS WERE REPORTED AND THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED NO DAMAGE.  SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE NUMBER THREE LABYRINTH OIL SEAL FAILED ALLOWING LOSS OF OIL FROM THE ENGINE.  THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

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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