NYC77IA056

NTSB incident investigation · Beech 99 · Jamaica, NY · May 3, 1977

Incident · No injuriesClosed
Date
May 3, 1977
Place
Jamaica, NY · JAMAICA, NY
Injuries
9 uninjured
Damage
Minor damage
Phase of flight
Enroute
Aircraft
N7099NBeech 99
Status
Completed · report October 16, 1977
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
146523

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NTSB brief

NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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5-0013   77/5/3    JAMAICA,NY          BEECH 99            CR-  0  0  2  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 25, 2763
        TIME - 2010                    N7099N              PX-  0  0  7  COMMUTER AIR CARRIER      TOTAL HOURS, 200 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-MINOR        OT-  0  0  0  AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D        INSTRUMENT RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          JAMAICA,NY                  SCRANTON,PA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION                            IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           POWERPLANT - REDUCTION GEAR ASSEMBLY: BEARING,REDUCTION GEAR
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RPM-UNCONTROLLABLE-OVERSPEED
        COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE
        REMARKS- NR 1 STAGE SUNGEAR BROKEN.NR 1 STAGE REDUCTION DRIVE PINION SEIZED.ENGINE DECOUPLED,OVERSPEED.

Aircraft

Registration
N7099N
Reported as
Beech 99
Category
Airplane
Engine
turbo prop
Damage
Minor damage