N4950
Registered owner: AYERS WALTER L, WA (owner ≠ operator)
Operators of this aircraft
Who operated this tail, and how firmly we know it.
No operator established for this aircraft.
Accident & incident history
No NTSB accidents or incidents on file for this aircraft.
Maintenance disclosures
Service Difficulty Reports filed with the FAA for this airframe. Filing is largely voluntary — the number of reports is not a measure of reliability. To verify a report, search its control number at the FAA SDRS site.
1 report on file, 2012-04-06.
Part: TURBINE BLADES — FAILED (RT ENGINE) · airframe 8,847 hrs · 8,842 cycles
THE PILOT REPORTED THE FOLLOWING, DURING CLIMB AFTER TAKEOFF FROM KOMA AT APPROXIMATELY 11,000 MSL THE RIGHT ENGINE ABRUPTLY LOST POWER. TORQUE WENT TO ZERO, ITT RAPIDLY DISMINISHED. COMPLETED EMERGENCY MEMORY ITEMS PER MANUFACTURE'S CHECKLIST. SHUTDOWN AND SECURED THE RIGHT ENGINE PER THE MANUFACTURE'S CHECKLIST. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH APPROACH AND RETURNED FOR A VISUAL APPROACH TO RWY 18 AT KOMA. DURING A BORESCOPE INSPECTION, ALL THE POWER TURBINE BLADES WHERE MISSING. ENGINE WAS REMOVED AND SENT FOR REPAIR. THE CAUSE FOR ENGINE FAILURE WAS COMPRESSOR TURBINE BLADE FAILURE.