36.7477° N, 119.7724° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Fresno, CA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
September 18, 1985 · 08:20 local
Place
Fresno, CA
Airport
Air Terminal
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N99WS
Reported as
Beech A65
Reported engine
Lycoming IGSO480A1E6
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
9,000 total600 in this make and model90 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.
Left engine shut down due to vibration and roughness. Safe landing. Fire in induction system after hot engine start
As the FAA filed it
LEFT ENGINE SHUT DOWN DUE TO VIBRATION AND ROUGHNESS. SAFE LANDING. FIRE IN INDUCTION SYSTEM AFTER HOT ENGINE START