# Incident 19800117015219I: Beech 65A80, New Orleans, LA, January 17, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 17, 1980, 17:52 local time
- Place: New Orleans, LA
- Airport: Lakefront
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: UNVA
- Location: 30.0424° N, 90.0282° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKEFRONT (NEW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0424&lon=-90.0282&mi=10
- Aircraft: N100UV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N100UV-1982-08-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 65-A80 (registry code 1152808, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-65-a80) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 65A80
- Reported engine: LYC IO720*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,800 total, 100 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/19800117015219I

## Narrative

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

SHUT DOWN #2 ENGINE WHEN GAUGES BECAME ERRATIC. NUMBER TWO CYLINDER CONNECTING ROD BROKEN.

## Other reports on N100UV (1)

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

- [Accident 19810702037879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810702037879A), Jul 2, 1981: Beech 65A80 (N100UV), Madisonville, TX, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Aircraft was observed descending in pieces from clouds.

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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