41.1400° N, 104.8202° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Cheyenne, WY, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
February 23, 1980 · 11:40 local
Place
Cheyenne, WY
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N123ML
Reported as
Beech 58P
Reported engine
Continental TSIO520*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 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.
Number 1 engine shut down due to roughness. Two plugs had cracks in porcelain.
As the FAA filed it
NUMBER 1 ENGINE SHUT DOWN DUE TO ROUGHNESS. TWO PLUGS HAD CRACKS IN PORCELAIN.