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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 95-C55 · New Orleans, LA · September 4, 1978

Date: September 4, 1978 · 14:30 local
Place: New Orleans, LA
Airport: Lakefront
Phase of flight: Descent
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N20DJ
Reported as: Beech 95C55
People aboard: 5
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 5,100 total2,000 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N20DJRegistered now · Beech 95-C55S/N TE-191 · Built 1966 Airframe modelBeech 95-C55 Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Forced landing after engine vibrated. Cowl flap had separated aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

FORCED LANDING AFTER ENGINE VIBRATED. COWL FLAP HAD SEPARATED AIRCRAFT.