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Incident

FAA incident report · Beech 99A · Great Falls, MT · February 21, 2002

Date: February 21, 2002 · 17:39 local
Place: Great Falls, MT
Airport: Great Falls International
Phase of flight: Final Approach
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: HSYA
Aircraft: N199CA
Reported as: Beech 99A
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6*
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0

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) On approach to gtf, the pilot reduced the aircraft engine controls ot the flight idle positions. At this time, the #2 engine shut down. The pilot continued to gtf and landed without further incident. Corporate air maintenance personnel investigated to determine if cause of shut down was mechanically related. Maintenance personnel could not find any mechanical irregularity which would cause the engine to shut down.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON APPROACH TO GTF, THE PILOT REDUCED THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE CONTROLS OT THE FLIGHT IDLE POSITIONS. AT THIS TIME, THE #2 ENGINE SHUT DOWN. THE PILOT CONTINUED TO GTF AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. CORPORATE AIR MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL INVESTIGATED TO DETERMINE IF CAUSE OF SHUT DOWN WAS MECHANICALLY RELATED. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL COULD NOT FIND ANY MECHANICAL IRREGULARITY WHICH WOULD CAUSE THE ENGINE TO SHUT DOWN.