# Incident 20170907019229I: Beech 99, Anchorage, AK, September 7, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 2017, 16:41 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: TN8A
- Location: 61.2181° N, 149.9003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anchorage, AK, within about 23 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2181&lon=-149.9003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N39TN, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N39TN) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 99 (registry code 1154002, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-99) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 99
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 15,700 total, 163 in this make and model, 165 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170907019229I

## Narrative

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

TNV37 DEPARTED MERRILL FIELD ENROUTE TO TATITLEK AT 16:41 LOCAL TIME. DURING CLIMB OUT THE PILOT NOTICES A STRANGE SMELL IN THE COCKPIT AND ALSO NOTICED A HIGHER THAN NORMAL AMPERAGE INDICATION ON RIGHT HAND GENERATOR METER. PILOT ELECTED TO TERMINATE FLIGHT AND RETURN TO ANCHORAGE BASE.

NO SMELL WAS EVIDENT AFTER LANDING. MAINTENANCE CLEANED AND RETORQUED THE RIGHT GENERATOR FEEDER BUS CONNECTOR. AIRCRAFT WAS FLIGHT TESTED WITH NO ABNORMALITIES NOTED AND 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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