38.1950° N, 84.8659° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Frankfort, KY, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
August 28, 1979 · 17:30 local
Place
Frankfort, KY
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Aircraft
N9558Z
Reported as
Beech C45G
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R985AN1
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,940 total750 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
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.
Unscheduled landing due to smoke in cockpit and rough engine. Found faulty radio.
As the FAA filed it
UNSCHEDULED LANDING DUE TO SMOKE IN COCKPIT AND ROUGH ENGINE. FOUND FAULTY RADIO.