38.8814° N, 94.8191° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Olathe, KS, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
November 27, 1984 · 09:30 local
Place
Olathe, KS
Airport
Johnson Co
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3178W
Reported as
Beech 58
Reported engine
Continental IO520C
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,509 total0 in this make and model258 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.
Pilot made precautionary landing. Right engine caught fire on ground. Engine case, cylinder. And rod broken.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT MADE PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. RIGHT ENGINE CAUGHT FIRE ON GROUND. ENGINE CASE, CYLINDER. AND ROD BROKEN.