39.7684° N, 86.1580° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Indianapolis, IN, within about 11 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 24, 1980 · 16:42 local
Place
Indianapolis, IN
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Aircraft
N850SA
Reported as
Beech 99
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,200 total1,400 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.
Shortly after takeoff, smoke detected entering cockpit. Found refrigerant oil leak dripping on heater housing.
As the FAA filed it
SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, SMOKE DETECTED ENTERING COCKPIT. FOUND REFRIGERANT OIL LEAK DRIPPING ON HEATER HOUSING.