# Incident 19790107000829I: Beech B99, Kenner, LA, January 7, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 7, 1979, 14:40 local time
- Place: Kenner, LA
- Airport: International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: RAY
- Location: 30.0102° N, 90.2548° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kenner, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0102&lon=-90.2548&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4499S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4499S-2015-05-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B-99 (registry code 1154004, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b-99) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B99
- People aboard: 15
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,127 total, 2,500 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/19790107000829I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE FLAMED OUT DURING TAXI, APPROXIMATELY 6 QTS. OF WATER DRAINED FROM LEFT NACELLE AND BOOST PUMP.

## Other reports on N4499S (2)

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

- [Incident 19870805057589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870805057589I), Aug 5, 1987: Beech B99 (N4499S), Washington, DC, Minor damage. On final a bolt came out of the inboard end of flap track. Flap drooped. Actuator torn loose, safe landing.
- [Incident 19810617038859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810617038859I), Jun 17, 1981: Beech B99 (N4499S), Shreveport, LA, Minor damage. Aircraft landing gear struck coyote on takeoff and continued gear down with unsafe indication. Left gear collapsed.

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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