# Incident 20001201022619I: Beech B90, Kotzebue, AK, December 1, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 1, 2000, 14:00 local time
- Place: Kotzebue, AK
- Airport: Ralph Wien Memorial
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: TN8A
- Location: 66.8848° N, 162.5981° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RALPH WIEN MEML (OTZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=66.8848&lon=-162.5981&mi=10
- Aircraft: N887KU, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N887KU-2004-04-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B90 (registry code 1152912, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b90) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: U/A Canada PT6 SER 578HP (registry code 61501, https://openairdocs.org/engine/u-a-canada-pt6-ser-578hp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B90
- Reported engine: PWA PT6*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,400 total, 600 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001201022619I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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