# Incident 19831205071569I: Beech 60, Houston, TX, December 5, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 5, 1983, 14:06 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Hobby
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N411JB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 60
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,600 total, 300 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831205071569I

## Narrative

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

SMOKE UNDER PILOTS INSTRUMENT PANEL. TURNED OFF ELECTRICS, CLEARED CABIN OF SMOKE. LEFT MAGNETO WIRES SHORTED OUT.

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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