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Air taxi pilot of a beech king air 100, shut down the right engine, due to drop in RPM, declared an emergency and divert to land.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 513539 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200106 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : tys.airport |
| State Reference | TN |
| Altitude | msl single value : 14000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Weather Elements | Rain |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : ztl.artcc tracon : tys.tracon |
| Operator | common carrier : air taxi |
| Make Model Name | King Air 100 A/B |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air taxi |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 60 flight time total : 3850 flight time type : 670 |
| ASRS Report | 513539 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air taxi |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : eng rpm drop other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | controller : provided flight assist flight crew : landed in emergency condition flight crew : diverted to another airport flight crew : declared emergency |
| Consequence | faa : investigated other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
While en route from gcy to mqy I had a RPM loss on the right engine. After troubleshooting, shut down, and securing engine, I diverted to tys with the help of ZTL and knoxville approach. I landed without incident, off loaded passenger and obtained maintenance.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AIR TAXI PLT OF A BEECH KING AIR 100, SHUT DOWN THE R ENG, DUE TO DROP IN RPM, DECLARED AN EMER AND DIVERT TO LAND.
Narrative: WHILE ENRTE FROM GCY TO MQY I HAD A RPM LOSS ON THE R ENG. AFTER TROUBLESHOOTING, SHUT DOWN, AND SECURING ENG, I DIVERTED TO TYS WITH THE HELP OF ZTL AND KNOXVILLE APCH. I LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT, OFF LOADED PAX AND OBTAINED MAINT.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.