# Incident 19800302025779I: Beech B60, Big Lake, TX, March 2, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 2, 1980, 16:45 local time
- Place: Big Lake, TX
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.1941° N, 101.4534° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Big Lake, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.1941&lon=-101.4534&mi=10
- Aircraft: N621WB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N621WB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B-60 (registry code 1153605, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b-60) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-541 series (registry code 41536, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-541-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B60
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 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/19800302025779I

## Narrative

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

WIRE TO GENERATOR CONTROL SWITCH LOOSENED, MAKING REGULATOR & OVER-VOLTAGE RELAY INOPERATIVE. BURNED WIRES

## Other reports on N621WB (2)

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

- [Incident 19950901038209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950901038209I), Sep 1, 1995: Beech 60 (N621WB), Cincinnati, OH, Minor damage. Left engine fire inflight. Fire went out after shutdown. Exhaust y duck broke. Hot gas damaged accessory section.
- [Incident 19930123008649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930123008649I), Jan 23, 1993: Beech B60 (N621WB), Kansas City, MO. On a tower requested high speed turn off pilot misjudged exit location. Taxied off runway into a snowbank.

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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