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Incident

FAA incident report · Beech B90 · Kotzebue, AK · December 1, 2000

Date
December 1, 2000 · 14:00 local
Place
Kotzebue, AK
Airport
Ralph Wien Memorial
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
TN8A
Aircraft
N887KU
Reported as
Beech B90
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,400 total600 in this make and model100 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.

(-23) Ptrs#ALO12001B0505 on December 1, 2000 the pilot of this BE-90 king air, N887KU, was 60 miles from buckland, Alaska on an air ambulance flight when he noticed his oil pressure starting to drop on the right engine. He shut down and feathered the engine and returned to Kotzebue, Alaska where he made a non-eventfull landing. Once on the ground, the pilot noticed a substantial amount of oil on the right engine cowling. Upon further inspection of the engine it was found a "b" nut on the oil line had come loose. The "b" nut was retightened, a leak check was performed and the a/c was returned to service.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PTRS#ALO12001B0505 ON DECEMBER 1, 2000 THE PILOT OF THIS BE-90 KING AIR, N887KU, WAS 60 MILES FROM BUCKLAND, ALASKA ON AN AIR AMBULANCE FLIGHT WHEN HE NOTICED HIS OIL PRESSURE STARTING TO DROP ON THE RIGHT ENGINE. HE SHUT DOWN AND FEATHERED THE ENGINE AND RETURNED TO KOTZEBUE, ALASKA WHERE HE MADE A NON-EVENTFULL LANDING. ONCE ON THE GROUND, THE PILOT NOTICED A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF OIL ON THE RIGHT ENGINE COWLING. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE IT WAS FOUND A "B" NUT ON THE OIL LINE HAD COME LOOSE. THE "B" NUT WAS RETIGHTENED, A LEAK CHECK WAS PERFORMED AND THE A/C WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.