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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Britten-Norman BN2A-26 ISLANDER · Kodiak, AK · February 20, 2012

Date
February 20, 2012 · 10:10 local
Place
Kodiak, AK
Airport
Kodiak
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
R19C
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N2233Z
Reported as
Britten-Norman BN2A-26 Islander
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-540 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
14,400 total9,000 in this make and model250 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.

An islander, BN2, a reciprocating aircraft departed Kodiak Airport at 0947 local time on a charter. 20 minutes into the flight the left engine lost power, pilot also noticed a loss of oil pressure, pilot initiated emergency action, voluntarily shut down and feathered the engine. Landed aircraft uneventfully with two pax on board, no injuries. Flight was VFR in VMC conditions. Weather was not a factor.

As the FAA filed it

AN ISLANDER, BN2, A RECIPROCATING AIRCRAFT DEPARTED KODIAK AIRPORT AT 0947 LOCAL TIME ON A CHARTER. 20 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT THE LEFT ENGINE LOST POWER, PILOT ALSO NOTICED A LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE, PILOT INITIATED EMERGENCY ACTION, VOLUNTARILY SHUT DOWN AND FEATHERED THE ENGINE. LANDED AIRCRAFT UNEVENTFULLY WITH TWO PAX ON BOARD, NO INJURIES. FLIGHT WAS VFR IN VMC CONDITIONS. WEATHER WAS NOT A FACTOR.