# Incident 19780630034619I: Beech 99, Kankakee, IL, June 30, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 30, 1978, 20:45 local time
- Place: Kankakee, IL
- Airport: Municipal
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BRI
- Location: 41.1017° N, 87.8637° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kankakee, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1017&lon=-87.8637&mi=10
- Aircraft: N317VA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N317VA-1989-02-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 99 (registry code 1154002, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-99) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 99
- People aboard: 13
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 750 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780630034619I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ENGINE FIRE WARNING LIGHT AND CONFIRMED ENGINE FIRE. FIRE HANDLE PULLED, ENGINE SHUTDOWN, LANDED SAFELY.

## Other reports on N317VA (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19860224015879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860224015879I), Feb 24, 1986: Beech 99 (N317VA), Indianapolis, IN, Minor damage. Small fire in back of copilots circuit breaker panel extinguished by crew. Found corrosion caused short.
- [Accident 19840102021799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840102021799A), Jan 2, 1984: Beech 99 (N317VA), Galesburg, IL, Substantial damage. Main landing gear retracted as aircraft taxied for takeoff. Corrosion had formed behind maintenance valve PN224001.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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