# Incident 20000223023349I: Beech E90, South Bend, IN, February 23, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 23, 2000, 10:14 local time
- Place: South Bend, IN
- Airport: Michiana Regional
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6834° N, 86.2500° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of South Bend, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6834&lon=-86.2500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9029R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9029R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech E-90 (registry code 1152914, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e-90) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E90
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A60A
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,500 total, 4,500 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000223023349I

## Narrative

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

(-23)PIC STATED THAT HE NOTICED OIL SEEPAGE AROUND THE RIGHT SPINNER IN LEVEL CRUISE FLIGHT. PIC ASKED ATC FOR LANDING AT SBN.  A/C LANDED AT SBN AND RECIEVED MINOR MAINTENANCE FOR OIL SEEPAGE ON PROP.  PILOT STATED BY TELEPHONE ON 2-28-00 THAT THEIR MECHANIC WAS LOOKING INTO THE POSSIBILITY OF REPLACING THE PROP SEALS.

## Other reports on N9029R (1)

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

- [Incident 20190419010842I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190419010842I), Apr 19, 2019: Beech E-90 (N9029R), Houston, TX, Minor damage. On April 19, 2019 at approximately 3:20 pm N9029R, a king air E-90 serial number LW132 being operated by integra aviation (454A) under the provisions of 14 CFR…

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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