# Incident 19800515044899I: Beech 99, Lewiston, ID, May 15, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 1980, 10:43 local time
- Place: Lewiston, ID
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: CCDA
- Location: 46.3931° N, 116.9935° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lewiston, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.3931&lon=-116.9935&mi=10
- Aircraft: N390CA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N390CA-1983-04-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B-99 (registry code 1154004, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b-99) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 99
- People aboard: 8
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,700 total, 8,000 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/19800515044899I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE SHUTDOWN DUE TO FIRE WARNING LIGHT. FAULTY FIRE DETECTION CONTROL AMPLIFIER.

## Other reports on N390CA (1)

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

- [Accident 19810120000779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810120000779A), Jan 20, 1981: Beech 99A (N390CA), Spokane, WA, Destroyed, 5 fatal. Aircraft descended below approach minimums and crashed 4.5 miles short of runway threshold.

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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