# Incident 19781230020029I: Beech B90, Lubbock, TX, December 30, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 30, 1978, 04:45 local time
- Place: Lubbock, TX
- Airport: International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 33.5779° N, 101.8552° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lubbock, TX, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5779&lon=-101.8552&mi=10
- Aircraft: N125A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N125A-2017-07-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B90 (registry code 1152912, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b90) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: U/A Canada PT6 SER 578HP (registry code 61501, https://openairdocs.org/engine/u-a-canada-pt6-ser-578hp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B90
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 40,000 total, 500 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/19781230020029I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE FALURE FOLLOWED BY TOTAL ELECTRICAL FAILURE. BATTERY KNOWN TO BE BAD. FUEL CONTROL UNIT POOR CONDITION.

## Other reports on N125A (2)

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

- [Accident 20110917021259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110917021259A), Sep 17, 2011: Beech B90 (N125A), Hillsboro, TX, Substantial damage. On short final, right m/l/g touchdown was short of runway, left m/l/g touchdown @ crown in the end of the runway pavement. Aircraft settled on centerline of…
- [Accident 19990905040469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990905040469A), Sep 5, 1999: N125A, Sullivan, MO, No damage, 1 fatal. (-23) On September 5, 1999 Mr. Paul burk and Mr. Robert bergfeld were sky diving at Sullivan Missouri airport with quantum leap sky diving club. They jumped…

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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