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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 99 · Bangor, ME · April 28, 1980

Date
April 28, 1980 · 21:30 local
Place
Bangor, ME
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
BHAA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N204TC
Reported as
Beech 99
People aboard
10
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,300 total2,200 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.

Sparks under instrument panel. Pilot notified ATC, pulled circuit breakers and proceeded VFR to VFR airport

As the FAA filed it

SPARKS UNDER INSTRUMENT PANEL. PILOT NOTIFIED ATC, PULLED CIRCUIT BREAKERS AND PROCEEDED VFR TO VFR AIRPORT