- Date
- March 29, 1972
- Place
- Yakima, WA · YAKIMA, WA
- Injuries
- 9 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2880ABeech B99
- Status
- Completed · report April 9, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166793
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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.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0045 72/3/29 YAKIMA,WASH BEECH B99 CR- 0 0 4 COMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 1017 N2880A PX- 0 0 5 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SEATTLE,WASH YAKIMA,WASH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - REDUCTION GEAR ASSEMBLY: BEARING,REDUCTION GEAR MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - EXCESSIVE-WEAR/PLAY COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PART HAD BEEN IN SERVICE APPROX 4497 HRS.POTENTIAL LIFE 4000 TO 5000 HRS PER MANUFACTURER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2880A
- Reported as
- Beech B99
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage