# Incident 19800708060109I: Beech 99, Boston, ME, July 8, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 1980, 20:30 local time
- Place: Boston, ME
- Airport: Logan International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BHAA
- Aircraft: N100WP (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 99
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,800 total, 1,400 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC80IA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC80IA052) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800708060109I

## Narrative

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

SMOKE AND FIRE DETECTED WHEN AN INSTRUMENT LIGHT SWITCH WAS TURNED ON, SUBSIDED WHEN SWITCH WAS TURNED OFF.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MKC80IA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC80IA052), Jul 8, 1980: Beech 99 (N100WP), Boston, MA, incident, minor damage

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.