NTSB Factual Report

On July 16, 2014, at 2130 Pacific daylight time, a Beech B100, N6756P, experienced an uncontained failure of its left engine in flight near Bakersfield, California. The airplane was registered to a private individual, and operated by a commercial pilot under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. There were no injuries, and the pilot made a successful landing at Meadows Field Airport, Bakersfield. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight, and no flight plan had been filed. The flight originated at South Lake Tahoe, California, about 2030.

The pilot reported to the NTSB investigator-in-charge (IIC) that he was cruising at flight level 190 (19,000 feet mean sea level (msl)), about 30 miles east-northeast of Bakersfield, when the left engine spooled back. The pilot executed the engine failure in-flight procedures and landed uneventfully at Meadows Field Airport. Post flight inspection revealed damage to the left nacelle and external damage to the left engine.